Unitarian Meeting House
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The Unitarian Meeting House in Ipswich
, Suffolk
is one of the town's older surviving buildings, and stands adjacent to the most recently constructed Grade I listed building in England
, the Willis Building
.
The present building was opened by John Fairfax
in 1700. Much of the original interior remains intact.
Ipswich
Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
is one of the town's older surviving buildings, and stands adjacent to the most recently constructed Grade I listed building in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, the Willis Building
Willis Building (Ipswich)
The Willis building in Ipswich, England is one of the earliest buildings designed by Norman Foster after establishing Foster Associates. Constructed between 1970 and 1975 for the insurance firm now known as Willis Group Holdings, it is now seen as a landmark in the development of the 'high tech'...
.
The present building was opened by John Fairfax
John Fairfax (minister)
-Life:Fairfax was the second son of Benjamin Fairfax , ejected from Rumburgh, Suffolk, who married Sarah, daughter of Roger and Joane Galliard, of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, was born in 1623. Theophilus Brabourne, the sabbatarian, was his uncle by marriage...
in 1700. Much of the original interior remains intact.