Stanwell Road Baptist Church
I have put 1950 because I don't know when the flats were built by the Baptist church. The house that was pulled down for the flats I am told my great grandfather Joshua Morris built. He also is supposed to have built the Cefn Mably hotel on the junction of Redlands Road. Joshua came from Eglwyswrw to build houses in Penarth with his brother John I think and nephews and am told that from The Cefn Mably down to Cosmeston is call Morristown in honour of the Morris brothers who built many houses to establish Penarth as a town.
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RE: RE: Stanwell Road Baptist Church
The church in this picture is not Stanwell Road Baptist Church, which is located further along Stanwell Road just past Victoria Road. The church in the picture is Christchurch Congregational Church. The land was leasehold on a 99 year term and the lease expired in 1997 I think. I understand that the Freeholder did not want to renew the lease, preferring instead to sell the land for development. The church was demolished soon after and was replaced by a large new building containing shops and flats. The congregation moved to Elfed Avenue United Church. Stanwell Road Baptist Church has a hall at the rear which actually fronts onto Victoria Road, so the church and its hall straddle the corner of Stanwell Road and Victoria road, behind the shops. The house next to this church was a large splendid Victorian house called Penarth House and was demolished, as so many have been in Penarth, to be replaced by a block of flats (also called Penarth House).
Comment from Peter Ford-Evans on Thursday, 12th April 2012.