Lewin's Mead Unitarian meeting house
The 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]
Unitatarians continue to meet in Bristol at their other places of worship, Frenchay Chapel and Brunswick Square.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.bristolinformation.co.uk/srch/srchit.asp?list=list&gdoc=rs&howmany=200
- ^ "Unitarian Chapel, Lewin's Mead". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses, Gloucestershire. London: HMSO Books. 1986. ISBN 0-11-300008-1.
- ^ Britstol Unitarians website
See also
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