Unitarian Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. Church.
Unitarian Church
- WRENN ID
- quiet-casement-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1952
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Unitarian Church, South Street, Wareham Town
- OS grid reference
- SY 923 873
- Coordinates
- 50.68533, -2.11018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Unitarian Church, formerly known as the Unitarian Chapel, was opened on 29 September 1830. It is constructed of stucco and features a tetrastyle Roman Ionic portico raised on high bases, accessed by seven steps set between panelled retaining walls. The portico is adorned with a full entablature and blocking course. There are blind walls on either side, each with round-headed panels and a full entablature. The central attic includes panelled flanking pilasters, a cornice, and a pediment. The entrance has four-panelled double doors topped with an ornamental lamp bracket. The courtyard is paved with stone setts.
Inside, there is a gallery supported by two slender Tuscan columns along the east side, featuring an entablature, panelling, and cornice. A clock by Edward Wilkins from Newport, Isle of Wight, is present, along with other fittings from the late 19th century, including a communion rail and pulpit rails with very elaborate iron balusters. The church also houses an excellent organ in an elaborate Gothic style, a modern neo-classical organ, and a brass pulpit from 1903.
The Unitarian Church is part of a group that includes Nos 2 to 10 (even), the Unitarian Chapel, Nos 12 to 32 (even), and Holy Trinity Gallery.
Local climate
Unitarian Church receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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