313. Westgate Chapel, Lewes, Sussex
From the information board outside the Chapel.
"The large back addition to the medieval Bull Inn was built in 1583 by Sir Henry Goring, who used the whole building as his town house.
In 1700 the Elizabethan part was made into a meeting-house for Dissenters who had left the Church of England in 1662. First known as 'Presbyterians' and later as 'Unitarians or Free Christians', they have continued to emphasise religious freedom and tolerance. Thomas Walker Horsfield, historian of Sussex and champion of Catholic Emancipation, ministered here from 1817 to 1827.
In 1913 John H. Every, the Lewes iron-founder, had the meeting-house divided into Chapel, hall and vestibule. Since 1987 the hall has housed the One World Centre - an embodiment of Westgate's historic commitment to universal brotherhood."
313. Westgate Chapel, Lewes, Sussex
From the information board outside the Chapel.
"The large back addition to the medieval Bull Inn was built in 1583 by Sir Henry Goring, who used the whole building as his town house.
In 1700 the Elizabethan part was made into a meeting-house for Dissenters who had left the Church of England in 1662. First known as 'Presbyterians' and later as 'Unitarians or Free Christians', they have continued to emphasise religious freedom and tolerance. Thomas Walker Horsfield, historian of Sussex and champion of Catholic Emancipation, ministered here from 1817 to 1827.
In 1913 John H. Every, the Lewes iron-founder, had the meeting-house divided into Chapel, hall and vestibule. Since 1987 the hall has housed the One World Centre - an embodiment of Westgate's historic commitment to universal brotherhood."