[4] The central bay featured a small portico formed by four columns supporting an entablature.

The outer bays were fenestrated by mullioned and transomed windows with pointed heads and hood moulds.

[5] The Independent Congregationalists moved out to new premises in the High Street in 1876 and the chapel became used as the local Corn Exchange.

[6] However, the use of the building as a corn exchange declined significantly in the wake of the Great Depression of British Agriculture in the late 19th century.

[7] The building was then converted to become the headquarters of the 4th Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) in 1910.