West Street Baptist Church

East Grinstead was founded during or before the 13th century: little is known of its early history. It officially became a market town in 1247 when it was granted a charter, but a market existed before this. Standing on an isolated hilltop site in the Weald, away from the main timber-producing and ironworking areas which drove the local economy in the medieval period, it grew slowly over the next few centuries. The north of Sussex developed a strong tradition of Nonconformism and Protestant dissent in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. In 1676, 27% of the population of Ifield, a few miles west of East Grinstead, worshipped outside the communion of the Established Church of England; one of…

The chapel is a small, red-brick building in the Classical style. The brickwork is considered to be of high quality, and the building has been described as "restrained and dignified". The façade has recessed semicircular arched windows and is topped with a pediment of brick, above which is a slate roof. The later extensions to the side and in front changed the character of the building, and the original railings in front do not survive in their original condition.