Isle of Wight Unitarian Meeting House, Newport
Isle of Wight Unitarian Meeting House, Newport
The Unitarian Chapel on the High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, is a Grade II meeting house of 1774 with a brick facade of 1825, among the oldest nonconformist places of worship in the town.
- Location
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Country
- England
- County
- Isle of Wight
- City / town
- Newport
- Address
- High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1SS
- Postcode
- PO30 1SS
- Built
- 1774; facade 1825
- Denomination
- Unitarian Church
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Early 19th-century chapel front with Gothic windows
- Materials
- Deep red brick with stucco dressings
- Grid reference
- SZ 501 891
- Opening hours
- Please contact us to arrange a visit.
- Access
- Ramp or level access available on request. Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets in church
Overview
The congregation traces itself to General Baptists converted by Thomas Collier in 1665; a first meeting house was built in the Angel family’s garden on Pyle Street after they moved to Newport in 1738. The present High Street meeting house dates from 1774. Historic England lists the street front as early nineteenth century, though the founding date is 1774: two storeys of deep red brick with a full-width brick pediment, a deep stucco frieze with a Chinoiserie-incised centre panel, and three Gothic windows with intersecting glazing bars. Central double doors sit under a blind pointed fanlight. The congregation records that the 1825 facade includes an organ loft and gallery; a nonconformist organ was installed in 1895. Ministers have included Robert Aspland and Edmund Kell.
The chapel is set back from the street between nos 9 and 10. It has no diocese or parish in the Anglican sense. Listing NGR is SZ 501 891.