King’s Weigh House

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The King’s Weigh House today serves as the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile and was formerly the name of a Congregational Church in London. It was formed around 1695 when Thomas Reynolds was called as minister. In 1697 the congregation built a meeting house over the King’s Weigh House in Little Eastcheap, and from this home the church took its name. The King’s Weigh House was where “Merchant Strangers” were required to have their goods weighed so that customs duties could be assessed, and was rebuilt after the Fire of London.
Reynolds ministered until 1727, then James Wood, 1727–42; William Langford, 1742–75; Samuel Wilton, 1776–1778; and John Clayton 1778-1826. Thomas Binney, 1829–69, was one of the notable Congregational ministers of the nineteenth century. During Binney’s time the Weigh House site was required for widening the approaches to London Bridge. In 1833-4 a new building in Fish Street Hill designed by William Tate and seating 1000 people was erected. Prominent members during this period included Samuel Morley and George Williams who founded the YMCA in 1844.
Binney was succeeded by William Braden, then Alexander Sandison, 1880-1901. In 1882 the church site was compulsorily purchased by the Metropolitan Railway. By now many members lived in the suburbs and there was less need to relocate in the City. The Duke of Westminster offered a site in Mayfair, part of which was occupied by a small Congregational church in Robert [now Weigh House] Street. The offer was accepted and in 1891 the new building in Duke Street, designed by Alfred Waterhouse was opened. It cost £30,000.

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