Winchester United Church

Winchester United Church
The church in 2021, seen from the northeast
51°03′50″N 1°18′59″W / 51.0640°N 1.3165°W / 51.0640; -1.3165
Location	Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8RZ
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	United Reformed and Methodist
Website	ucw.org.uk/
History
Former name(s)	Winchester Congregational Church (to 1972) Winchester United Reformed Church (1972–1974)
Status	Church
Founded	Late 17th century
Events	1704: original chapel built on Parchment Street 1807: chapel rebuilt 11 October 1853: present chapel opened 1972: joined United Reformed Church 8 September 1974: reconstituted as joint United Reformed and Methodist church 1989–91: interior altered and subdivided
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	24 March 1950
Architect(s)	William Ford Poulton and William Henry Woodman
Style	Early English Gothic Revival
Years built	1852–1853
Groundbreaking	1852
Administration
Synod	Wessex Synod (United Reformed Church)
Circuit	Winchester, Eastleigh and Romsey (Methodist Church)
Clergy
Minister(s)	Tim Searle

Winchester United Church (originally Winchester Congregational Church and later Winchester United Reformed Church) is a joint United Reformed and Methodist church in the centre of the city of Winchester in the English county of Hampshire. Built between 1852 and 1853 to the Gothic Revival design of architects Poulton and Woodman for a congregation which had its origins nearly 200 years earlier, it is "incongruously set within the northern part of the former county jail",^[1] which had recently moved to a new site. Since 1974 the congregation has been a joint United Reformed and Methodist one, as the city's two Methodist chapels closed, the congregations merged and worship was concentrated on the one site. Historic England has designated the church a Grade II listed building for its architectural and historical importance.