---
title: "Bridgwater Unitarian Chapel"
description: "Located in Bridgwater, Somerset. Built Dated 1688; rebuilt 1788; late C19 schoolroom. Grade II*. Georgian style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Unitarian Church","Somerset","Bridgwater","Grade II*","Georgian","Chapel"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/bridgwater-unitarian-chapel-bridgwater"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:22:59.084Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T17:48:07.865Z"
location: "Bridgwater, Somerset"
country: "England"
county: "Somerset"
town: "Bridgwater"
address: "Dampiet Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3LZ"
postcode: "TA6 3LZ"
built: "Dated 1688; rebuilt 1788; late C19 schoolroom"
denomination: "Unitarian Church"
grade: "II*"
style: "Georgian"
materials: "Flemish-bond brick with stone dressings; pantile roof"
website: "http://www.unitarianchapelbridgwater.org.uk/"
openingHours: "The church is now open every Friday from 10am to 12noon."
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197371"
gridReference: "ST 299 369"
accessNotes: "Ramp or level access available on request. Non-accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas"
---

# Bridgwater Unitarian Chapel

Christ Church Unitarian Chapel on Dampiet Street, Bridgwater, is a Grade II* Georgian meeting house dated 1688, rebuilt in 1788, the oldest Nonconformist chapel in the town.

## Overview

The congregation was founded in 1662. The first building was demolished by the authorities in 1683 and its contents burned on the Cornhill. Historic England records a chapel dated 1688 and rebuilt 1788: Flemish-bond brick with stone coping, dentilled pediment, plaques and architraves, and a pantile roof. A late-seventeenth-century shell hood survives over the central doors. The interior is largely of 1788 character, with Tuscan columns, barrel-vaulted nave and later polychrome tiles. Samuel Taylor Coleridge preached here in 1797 and 1798. Listed Grade II* on 24 March 1950 (NHLE 1197371); listing NGR ST2996136928. The chapel has appeared on the Heritage at Risk Register for roof, drainage and window repairs.

## Further Information

- [Bridgwater Unitarian Chapel](http://www.unitarianchapelbridgwater.org.uk/)
- [Historic England list entry 1197371](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197371)