nonconformism

BELOW Ames Cubitt was one of the foremost chapel designers of the 19th century: he scoured Islamic, Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic building plans in search of a design that would be both beautiful and serve the purpose of ‘bringing a vast number of people within the range of a single voice’. How well he succeeded is reflected by the fact that his Union Chapel, Islington, now functions as a concert venue as well as a place of worship.

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Hidden houses of worship: discovering the development of England’s Nonconformist chapels

Christopher Catling greets an outstanding new English Heritage book by Christopher Wakeling on Nonconformist places of worship with a challenge to their congregations: for the sake of your future you should take more pride in your heritage, opening your doors to show off the rich legacy of Dissent and make it better known.