Unitarian Chapel is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1966. Chapel. 3 related planning applications.
Unitarian Chapel
- WRENN ID
- tilted-iron-finch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1966
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Unitarian Chapel, originally a Presbyterian meeting house, was built in 1717. It is constructed of red brick with dark headers and features a hipped slate roof and a brick band. The building has two storeys, with three cross windows on the upper storey and one similar window on the ground storey, which is centrally located between two flush entrance doors with plain surrounds.
Inside, there is an original west gallery supported by Tuscan columns, featuring bolection-moulded panels divided by moulded flat pilasters. At the east end, a large pulpit is flanked by steps on each side, accompanied by a bench that has a high boarded back and a triangular pediment topped by a dove standing on a globe. The pulpit front has raised fielded panels and a row of miniature balusters. The chapel also contains late 19th-century benches, and the windows retain their original wrought-iron fittings.
On the north side, above one window, there is a painted wooden plaque in the shape of a flaming urn, commemorating Sarah Toms of Hadleigh, who died in 1809. The funds for constructing the chapel were bequeathed in the will of William Mayhew, the 'faithful servant' of Thomas Mills, in 1713.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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