Former Unitarian Chapel

The former Unitarian Chapel, later used as a lace industry museum and exhibition centre, was built in 1876 by Stuart Colman of Bristol and converted in 1989. It is constructed of rockfaced stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs, and is designed in the Gothic Revival style. The symmetrical plan includes a chancel, vestry, nave and clerestory, transepts, and aisles, along with a west tower topped with a spire.

The west end features angle buttresses, and the windows have pointed arches with hood moulds. The chancel has a two-light window and a small south vestry, leading to a large, seven-light traceried east window. The clerestory has graduated triple lancet windows set in relieving arches with polychrome brickwork. The transepts each have a four-light window, while the aisles have plain double lancets and a three-light window to the west.

The west tower has three stages with spire pinnacles and an enriched doorway. A traceried blind arcade sits above the doorway. The upper stage features a tall single lancet on each side, with a patterned gable and traceried round window to the west. The bell stage has two pointed arched double openings on each side, leading to an octagonal turret with four pointed arched openings topped with an octagonal spire.

The interior is rendered and includes a late 20th-century mezzanine floor and exhibition rooms. The chancel has an arch with responds and a panelled pointed arched roof. A stained glass east window, dated 1904, is the work of Morris & Co., and designed by Burne-Jones and JH Dearle. A stone screen is located in a south-side arch. The nave has a similar roof with wall shafts detached from the piers. The three-bay arcades feature round piers and various arches with hood moulds. A tall, square-buttressed tower arch houses a stone screen with a pointed arched door under a gable, flanked by narrow arches with doorways. The double west door has a central pier. The transepts have wagon roofs, and the north transept north window was created by H Enfield in 1890, with a late 19th-century east window. The south transept features a late 19th-century stained glass window, and an arch leading to a wooden organ gallery. The aisles have king post roofs and arches at each end. The north aisle has a war memorial window (1925, by Kempe & Co.), a stained glass window (1905), and a Sunday School memorial window (1906, by H Holiday). The south aisle holds stained glass windows from the late 19th century and circa 1931.

Notable fittings include a rectangular ashlar pulpit with a blind arcade and alabaster shafts. There is also a round-arched blind arcaded panel listing the names of ministers.