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Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge
Emmanuel United Reformed Church in Cambridge, is located close to the centre of town, on Trumpington Street. Historically a Congregational church, Emmanuel voted to join the new United Reformed Church in 1972.
The congregation was founded as the Cambridge 'Great Meeting' in 1687, at Hog Hill, the original building being there, in what is now the Old Music School in Downing Place. The church was rebuilt on the same site in the later 18th century, opening as Emmanuel Congregational Chapel in 1790. The move to the new church on Trumpington Street, called the Emmanuel Congregational Church, came in 1874.
The building was remodelled both inside and out in 1991, with a new glass front to Trumpington Street incorporating a café, but in 2020 the congregation merged with the formerly Presbyterian St Columba's Church to form the new Downing Place Church, using the St Columba's premises coincidentally adjacent to the original Congregational chapel. The former church building is now an auditorium for Pembroke College.
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The congregation was founded as the Cambridge 'Great Meeting' in 1687, at Hog Hill, the original building being there, in what is now the Old Music School in Downing Place. The church was rebuilt on the same site in the later 18th century, opening as Emmanuel Congregational Chapel in 1790. The move to the new church on Trumpington Street, called the Emmanuel Congregational Church, came in 1874.
The building was remodelled both inside and out in 1991, with a new glass front to Trumpington Street incorporating a café, but in 2020 the congregation merged with the formerly Presbyterian St Columba's Church to form the new Downing Place Church, using the St Columba's premises coincidentally adjacent to the original Congregational chapel. The former church building is now an auditorium for Pembroke College.
Grade II listed. Link
by N Chadwick
Created: Mon, 20 Nov 2017, Updated: Mon, 6 Oct 2025
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