The Unitarian Church is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1974. Church.
The Unitarian Church
- WRENN ID
- far-gallery-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1974
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Unitarian Church, Market Buildings
- OS grid reference
- TQ 759 558
- Coordinates
- 51.27441, 0.52141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Unitarian Church, dated 1736, is located on the southwest side of the Market Buildings. The Rev. William Hazlitt, who was the father of the essayist and critic William Hazlitt, served as the minister of this church from 1770 to 1780. The church features a plain front made of red brick, with a moulded brick eaves cornice. It is flanked by pilasters that extend above the cornice. There are three modern cambered windows, a modern stone flat hood supported by brackets above the door, and a modern wrought iron bracket above that. The building has a plinth and retains its original pulpit and gallery inside.
Local climate
The Unitarian Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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