Lewin's Mead Unitarian meeting house

Former Unitarian church in Lewins Mead

Lewin's Mead Unitarian meeting house is a former Unitarian Chapel built in 1788–1791 on Lewin's Mead in Bristol, England.

Designed in the Neoclassical style by William Blackburn, the building was constructed on the site of a 1705 chapel; before that, the site had been a Franciscan Monastery.[1]

The chapel was built by the Unitarians as a meeting house to hold 400 people, with stables and coach-house, a lecture room added in 1818, and schoolrooms in 1826.[2] One notable minister, from 1817 to 1839, was Doctor Lant Carpenter, the father of social reformer Mary Carpenter. A Grade II* listed building since 1959, it was converted to offices in 1987 by Feilden Clegg architects, and today houses the offices of a construction consultancy, Provelio.[3]

Unitarians continue to meet in Bristol at their other places of worship, Frenchay Chapel and Brunswick Square.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bristolinformation.co.uk/srch/srchit.asp?list=list&gdoc=rs&howmany=200
  2. ↑ "Unitarian Chapel, Lewin's Mead". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses, Gloucestershire. London: HMSO Books. 1986. ISBN 0-11-300008-1.
  4. ↑ Britstol Unitarians website

See also

Coordinates: 51°27′26″N 2°35′33″W / 51.45735°N 2.59243°W / 51.45735; -2.59243


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