Union Chapel, Brighton

Union Chapel
The façade viewed from the southwest
LocationUnion Street, The Lanes, Brighton, Brighton and Hove BN1 1HA, England
Coordinates50°49′20″N 0°08′28″W / 50.8223°N 0.1410°W / 50.8223; -0.1410
Founded1683
Built1683, 1688 or 1698
Built forPresbyterian Church
Rebuilt1825
ArchitectAmon Wilds; possible involvement of Amon Henry Wilds and Charles Busby
Architectural style(s)Classical
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameElim Tabernacle and attached railings
Designated20 August 1971[1]
Reference no.1381041
Union Chapel, Brighton is located in Brighton
Union Chapel, Brighton
Location of Union Chapel in Brighton

The Union Chapel, also known as the Union Street Chapel, Elim Free Church, Four Square Gospel Tabernacle or Elim Tabernacle of the Four Square Gospel, is a former chapel in the centre of Brighton, a constituent part of the city of Brighton and Hove, England. After three centuries of religious use by various congregations, the chapel—which had been Brighton's first Nonconformist place of worship—passed into secular use in 1988 when it was converted into a pub. It was redesigned in 1825, at the height of Brighton's Georgian building boom, by at least one of the members of the Wilds–Busby architectural partnership, Brighton's pre-eminent designers and builders of the era, but may retain some 17th-century parts. It has been listed at Grade II in view of its architectural importance.

  1. ^ Historic England (2007). "Elim Tabernacle and attached railings, Union Street (north side), Brighton (1381041)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2009-06-04.