Brook Street Chapel, Knutsford facts for kids
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Brook Street Chapel, Knutsford
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| OS grid reference | SJ 754 783 |
| Location | Knutsford, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Unitarian |
| Website | Brook Street Chapel |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 18 January 1949 |
| Architectural type | Chapel |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Red brick, stone-flagged roof |
The Brook Street Chapel is a historic building in Knutsford, a town in Cheshire, England. It is a very important building. It is listed as a Grade I building on the National Heritage List for England. This means it is a building of exceptional interest.
The chapel was built shortly after the Toleration Act 1688 was passed. This law gave some religious groups more freedom to worship. The chapel is made of red brick and has a roof covered with stone slabs. It has two floors and two staircases on the outside.
Inside, there is a gallery on three sides. A gallery is like a balcony that looks down into the main worship area. There is also a pulpit on one of the long walls. A pulpit is a raised platform where a speaker stands. The pulpit was built a long time ago, in the late 1600s or early 1700s. The pews, which are the long benches where people sit, were added in 1859.
Brook Street Chapel is also a special place because it is where the famous novelist Elizabeth Gaskell is buried. She died in 1865. Her husband, William Gaskell, who died in 1884, is also buried there. Their two daughters, who never married, were buried there too. They passed away in 1908 and 1913.
Today, the chapel is still actively used as a Unitarian place of worship.
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- Grade I listed churches in Cheshire
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