Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former chapel with an attached sunday school on the east side of upper brook street”. Today it says “former chapel of historical architectural importance with an attached sunday school”.
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Upper Brook Street Chapel , also known as the Unitarian Chapel , the Welsh Baptist Chapel , and later Islamic Academy , is a former chapel of historical architectural importance with an attached Sunday School , located on the east side of Upper Brook Street in Chorlton-on-Medlock , Manchester , England. Completed as a Protestant Nonconformist chapel in 1839, the building was purposed variously as a place of worship for Unitarians , Welsh Baptists , as a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses , and as an Islamic mosque , before its current purpose, since 2017, as student accommodation . Designed by Sir Charles Barry as the first Gothic Revival chapel for the British Unitarians , at the very beginning of the reign of Queen Victoria, the building was listed as Grade II* on the Buildings at Risk Register , rated as "very bad", on 3 October 1974. The building is owned by Manchester City Council and was partially demolished in 2006. The Victorian Society placed the building on a list of ten most threatened buildings in England and Wales. It was restored and converted to student accommodation in 2017 by Buttress Architects.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Upper Brook Street Chapel , also known as the Islamic Academy , the Unitarian Chapel and the Welsh Baptist Chapel , is a former chapel with an attached Sunday School on the east side of Upper Brook Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock , Manchester , England. It is said to be the first neogothic Nonconformist chapel, having been constructed between 1837 and 1839. A listed building since 3 October 1974 (currently Grade II*), it is owned by Manchester City Council and is on the Buildings at Risk Register , rated as "very bad". It was partially demolished in 2006.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Upper Brook Street Chapel , also known as the Islamic Academy , the Unitarian Chapel and the Welsh Baptist Chapel , is a former chapel with an attached Sunday School on the east side of Upper Brook Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock , Manchester , England. It is said to be the first neogothic Nonconformist chapel, having been constructed between 1837 and 1839. It was designed by Sir Charles Barry , who later went on to design the Palace of Westminster . A listed building since 3 October 1974 (currently Grade II*), it is owned by Manchester City Council and is on the Buildings at Risk Register , rated as "very bad". It was partially demolished in 2006. The Victorian Society recently placed the building on a list of ten most threatened buildings in England and Wales.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Upper Brook Street Chapel , also known as the Islamic Academy , the Unitarian Chapel and the Welsh Baptist Chapel , is a former chapel with an attached Sunday School on the east side of Upper Brook Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock , Greater Manchester , England. It is said to be the first neogothic Nonconformist chapel, having been constructed for the British Unitarians between 1837 and 1839, at the very beginning of the reign of Queen Victoria.It was designed by Sir Charles Barry , later architect of the Palace of Westminster . A listed building since 3 October 1974 (currently Grade II*), it is owned by Manchester City Council and was on the Buildings at Risk Register , rated as "very bad". It was partially demolished in 2006. The Victorian Society placed the building on a list of ten most threatened buildings in England and Wales. It was restored and converted to student accommodation in 2017 by Buttress Architects.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Church in Manchester, UK The Upper Brook Street Chapel , also known as the Islamic Academy , the Unitarian Chapel and the Welsh Baptist Chapel , is a former chapel with an attached Sunday School on the east side of Upper Brook Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock , Greater Manchester , England. It is said to be the first neogothic Nonconformist chapel, having been constructed for the British Unitarians between 1837 and 1839, at the very beginning of the reign of Queen Victoria. It was designed by Sir Charles Barry , later architect of the Palace of Westminster . A listed building since 3 October 1974 (currently Grade II*), it is owned by Manchester City Council and was on the Buildings at Risk Register , rated as "very bad". It was partially demolished in 2006. The Victorian Society placed the building on a list of ten most threatened buildings in England and Wales. It was restored and converted to student accommodation in 2017 by Buttress Architects.
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former chapel with an attached sunday school on the east side of upper brook street
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former chapel of historical architectural importance with an attached sunday school
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