Fri 18 Sep 26
Fri 18 Sep:1000-1600; Free Entry.
Market Buildings, Maidstone ME14 1HP
Heritage Open Day: Visit our 18th century meeting house for a close encounter with the past, in a space of simpleb eauty little changed since the days when it gave persecuted dissenters a place to worship. This Grade II Listed Building dates from 1736 and was originally a meeting house for dissenting Presbyterians who had split from the established church in 1662. The Rev. William Hazlitt, the essayist's father and a remarkable thinker and campaigner in his own right, was minister between 1770 and 1780. Graham Hague, in “The Unitarian Heritage: An Architectural Surveyâ€, summarises the structure as “brick; square, with pyramidal slate roof and corner pilastersâ€...
