Listed Building record TQ 75 NE 792 - THE UNITARIAN CHURCH

Summary

Grade II listed building. Presbyterian chapel in Market buildings built in 1736. It adopted a Socinian, and ultimately Unitarian orthodoxy, in the second half of the 18th century.

Location

Grid reference TQ 7596 5582 (point)
Map sheet TQ75NE
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
MARKET BUIIDINGS 1. 5278 (South West Side) The Unitarian Church TQ 7555 NE 1/101 II
2. Dated 1736. The Rev William Hazlitt, father of William Hazlitt Essayist and Critic was Minister of this church between 1770 and 1780. A plain front of red brick with moulded brick eaves cornice. Flanked by pilasters carried up beyond the cornice. 3 modern cambered windows. Modern stone flat hood on brackets to door and modern wrought iron bracket above. Plinth. Original pulpit and gallery inside.
Listing NGR: TQ7596855832

Chapel still in use.

Presbyterian chapel in Market buildings built in 1736. It adopted a Socinian, and ultimately Unitarian orthodoxy, in the second half of the 18th century. A plain front of red brick with moulded brick eaves cornice. Flanked by pilasters carried up beyond the cornice. 3 modern cambered windows. Modern stone flat hood on brackets to door and modern wrought iron bracket above. Plinth. Original pulpit and gallery inside. (2)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Christopher Stell, 2002, An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England (Bibliographic reference). SKE58544.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Christopher Stell. 2002. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England.

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Record last edited

Feb 12 2026 1:11PM