Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House
Ipswich, Suffolk
A unique example of an early dissenters meeting house which still contains many original features.
It was in the churchyard of St Mary that the town charter was written in 1200.
Ipswich, Suffolk
Although medieval, the church mostly dates from 1860-70 whenit was rebuilt by Richard Phipson. Rebuilding was funded by George Bacon, a banker and philanthropist.
There are fine brasses in the chancel floor, a brass memorial to a previous vicar, Revd Douglas-Hamilton and the tower was the first in Suffolk to houses a peal of 12 bells.
Ipswich, Suffolk
A unique example of an early dissenters meeting house which still contains many original features.
Ipswich, Suffolk
Ipswich, Suffolk
St Peter’s is mentioned in the Domesday Survey in 1086, suggesting that there was a church on this site then.