Elswick Road, Wyclif Baptist Church

This church was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Nonconformist church. 1901-2 by G. Baines & Son. Bright red brick with biscuit- coloured terracotta dressings; Welsh slate roof with flat terracotta copings. Aligned north-south. 4-bay nave with ritual north-west tower; twin transepts; shallow chancel. Free Perpendicular style. Ritual west (facing street) has central gabled porch containing double door, with elaborate hinges, in Tudor- arched surround with chamfered jambs; deep buttresses on porch. High window above with shafts rising to stilted gable pediment containing blind tracery; buttresses flank porch and window. Tower at left of 3 low stages has door with traceried overlight in Tudor arch; ogee drip mould; 5-light cusped belfry openings; roll- moulded coping to battlements; parabolic slated tower with tall finial. Crocket finials to gabled buttresses. Roll-moulded coping to transept gables. Said to have hammer-beam roof. Disused at time of survey.'
Last service was in 1979 then disused. Demolished late 1986 or early 1987 due to being unsafe. Listed on 13 March 1987, after it had been demolished, and still appears on the NHLE.