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The building first appears on Marrat's Map of 1817. {1}
A Unitarian Chapel, early 18th century, altered 1819 with late 19th century additions. Restored in 1987. Constructed from brick, rendered with grey plaster, with stone dressings and hipped slate roof with a single stack. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {2}
The chapel was built c.1726 for a Presbyterian congregation formed in the late 17th century and after 1792 was used by Calvinistic Methodists. When in 1803 the latter attempted to gain absolute possession, the trustees ejected them, reopening the place for worship of a Unitarian character which has continued apart from three periods of disuse between 1902 and 1923. The walls are of brick with later rendering above a stone plinth and the roof is hipped and slated. {3}.
There were several conventicles of Presbyterians and Independents in the city by the late 18th century although most have obscure histories. The best documented, however, is that which began as early as 1672 and met in the chapel, built in c.1725 on the east side of High Street, at the corner with Monson Street, in St Peter-at-Gowts parish. This group called themselves Presbyterian in 1719, but they were Independent by 1774 and the congregation became Unitarian in 1837.{4}
Erected before 1800. A separate and entire building used exclusively as a place of worship. The chapel had an average congregation of 40 people in 1851. {5}
A modest Georgian box of 1725 with arched windows and a pediment across the front. Porch added, cememnted and made Gothic in 1819 or 1902. {6}
In 1856 White's Directory noted that the Unitarian Chapel in High Street, is a plain ancient building, at the end of Monson Street. It originally belonged to the Presbyterians, and is now under the ministry of the Rev. Charles Case Nutter. {7} | Subjects: | Building | Temporal: | 1726 - 1791 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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