Unitarian Meeting House, Ipswich

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For the church building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright see Unitarian Meeting House (Madison, Wisconsin)

Unitarian Meeting House, Ipswich
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The Unitarian Meeting House, Ipswich, Suffolk
Unitarian Meeting House, Ipswich
OS grid reference SJ 377 885
Denomination Unitarian
Website Ipswich Unitarians
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated1700

Unitarian Meeting House is a Grade I listed place of worship in Ipswich, Suffolk. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella organisation for British Unitarians.

The present building was opened by John Fairfax in 1700. Much of the original interior remains intact.

Ministers

Ministers of the Meeting
NameYearsNameYears
Owen Stockton1672-1680Joseph William Smith1866-1878
John Fairfax 1680-1700Thomas Bennet Broadrick1879-1891
Samuel Baxter1701-1740William E. Atack1892-1895
William Shepherd1721-1724William Jellie1896-1899
Samuel Say1725-1734E. Lucking Tavener1900-1908
Thomas Scott1737-1766Arthur Golland1910-1914
Peter Emans1761-1762John W. Saunders1915-1920
Robert Lewin1762-1770Wilfred Harris1920-1923
William Wood1770-1773Wallace A. McCubbin1924-1929
James Pilkington1774-1778 John Lewis 1930-1936
William Jervis1778-1797Joseph C.G. Burton1938-1940
Samuel Parker1797-1803Winifred Brown1943-1946
Thomas Rees 1803-1805Harold A. Gore1948-1949
Thomas Drummond1805-1813William Haworth1950-1952
Isaac Perry1813-1825A. Phillip B. Hewett1954-1956
John Philip1825-1827Nicholas John Teape1957-1974
Andrew Melville1827-1832Edward A. Cahill1975
Joseph Ketley 1834-1836Robert H. Holmes1976
Thomas Felix Thomas1836-1852Clifford Martin Reed1976-2012
Henry Knott1852-1853David A. Robins1992
John T. Cooper1853-1863James S. Corrigall2012-2014
John Harrison1863-1864Lewis A. Connolly2016-2019

52°03′20″N1°09′07″E / 52.05564°N 1.15186°E / 52.05564; 1.15186


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