Toxteth Unitarian Chapel
Toxteth Unitarian Chapel | |
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53°22′53″N 2°57′29″W / 53.3813°N 2.9580°W | |
OS grid reference | SJ 363 875 |
Location | Dingle, Liverpool, Merseyside |
Country | England |
Denomination | Unitarian |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 28 June 1952 |
Architectural type | Chapel |
Groundbreaking | 1618 |
Completed | 1774 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Stone with slate roof |
Toxteth Unitarian Chapel is in Park Road, Dingle,
History
In 1611 a group of
Description
The chapel is built in stone with a slate roof. It has two storeys and a western extension with a projecting bay. The windows are round-headed with stone surrounds. At the west end are paired round-headed entrances with a commemorative plaque and three windows above them. At the south end is a small octagonal cupola with louvres and a button finial. The interior has the pulpit at the east end, galleries on three sides, and box pews throughout. The north and south galleries date from the 17th century and connecting gallery is from the 18th century. Two of the box pews are dated 1650 and 1700.[2] The monuments include a brass dated 1656 and 18th and early 19th century wall tablets. Outside the chapel is a graveyard with a mid-19th-century classical arcade.[11] The organ was built in 1906 by Brindley & Foster.[12]
The chapel contains a memorial plaque dedicate to Jeremiah Horrocks, a 17th-century astronomer.[13] Horrocks was the first person to accurately predict the transit of Venus and was a member of the chapel.
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Plaque above the door of the Chapel
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The schoolhouse next to the chapel
See also
- Grade I listed buildings in Liverpool
- Grade I listed churches in Merseyside
- Ullet Road Unitarian Church
References
- ^ a b c d Garrard, Rev. L. A. (August 1948), "The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth", The Liverpolitan: 13.
- ^ a b c d e Historic England, "Toxteth Unitarian Chapel (1072991)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 April 2012
- ^ a b Merseyside and the Isle of Man, The Unitarian Movement, retrieved 27 April 2008
- ^ Find a Congregation: Liverpool, The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (Great Britain), retrieved 23 January 2011
- ^ Mather 1850, pp. 44–45.
- ^ Mather 1850, p. 47.
- ^ Mather 1850, p. 48.
- ^ Mather 1850, pp. 48–49.
- ^ Mather 1850, pp. 52–53.
- ^ Mather 1850, p. 67.
- ^ Sharples & Pollard 2004, p. 274–275.
- National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 2 July 2020
- ^ Rigg, Danny (26 March 2023). "Liverpool man who change the way we see the universe". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
Bibliography
- Mather, Richard (1850), Journal of Richard Mather, Boston: David Clapp
- Sharples, Joseph; Pollard, Richard (2004), Liverpool, Pevsner Architectural Guides, New Haven and London: ISBN 0-300-10258-5