Unitarian Church, (Brighton)

Denomination:

Unitarian.

Internet:

Church website.

Address:

New Road, Brighton, East Sussex.

Grid reference: 531140, 104375, View on: Google Maps, Open Street Map, Streetmap, National Library of Scotland Map, Magic Maps

Incumbents:

Currently there is no incumbent information available.

Registers:

Baptisms:

There are no baptisms in the OPC database.

No baptism IGI batches known.

Burials:

There are no burials in the OPC database.

No burial IGI batches known.

Marriages:

There are no marriages in the OPC database.

No marriage IGI batches known.

Monumental inscriptions:

There are no monumental inscriptions in the OPC database.

Images:

POWPics (The New Roughwood Church Album) contains 2 photographs of this church. This album will also display any postcards or other images of the church which are in the Sussex OPC database.

There are no images of this church in the OPC database. If you have one, please contribute a scan!

Building information:

Built: 1820.

Architect: Amon Henry Wilds.

Style: Classical with Greek columns surmounted by a pediment.

Current use: Worship.

Documents:

There are no documents about this church in the OPC database. If you have one, please contribute a transcription!

Publications:

There are no books about this church in the Sussex OPC Bibliography.

There are no articles about this church in the OPC Sussex Archeaological Collections Index.

Notes:

Congregation founded 1793.
The pediment originally carried an ancient Greek script, which translated to: "To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ.” This was removed as the building was sometimes confused with a synagogue.
Over the years, the church has had a habit of calling itself different things to reflect changing attitudes. In 1898, in the annual report, called itself a Free Christian Church. Prior to that, it had called itself Unsectarian. In 1901 it was called the Free Christian Church (Christ Church); by 1922, it became a Free Christian Church (Unitarian); in 1932 the name Christ Church (Unitarian) became generally used. Since the Second World War it has become known simply as Brighton Unitarian Church.
Source: Church website.

Interest in this church:

No registered users have badged this church yet. To share your interest with others, why not register as a frequent user of this site?

The advertisements below are served by Google; the very small revenue generated when people click on them sometimes covers the cost of hosting the Sussex OPC website.