Congleton United Reformed Church

Church in Cheshire, England

53°09′52″N 2°13′02″W / 53.1645°N 2.2171°W / 53.1645; -2.2171OS grid referenceSJ 856 631LocationAntrobus Street, Congleton, CheshireCountryEnglandDenominationUnited Reformed ChurchArchitectureFunctional statusActiveHeritage designationGrade IIDesignated4 April 1975Architect(s)William SugdenArchitectural typeChurchStyleGothic RevivalGroundbreaking1876Completed1877SpecificationsMaterialsStone, slate roof

Congleton United Reformed Church is in Antrobus Street, Congleton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[1]

History

The building originated as a Congregational church. It was designed by William Sugden, an architect from Leek, and built in 1876–77.^[2]

Architecture

Constructed in stone, the church has a slate roof. Its architectural style is Gothic Revival. The entrance front has a double portal, each doorway having a pointed arch. At the northeast is a squat octagonal turret.^[1] There is a large west window. On the gable above it is a large tabernacle surmounted by a ball finial with a long stalk. The authors of the Buildings of England series state that the church exhibits "astonishingly free handling of the Gothic precedents", and that "everything is richly and individually treated".^[2] Inside the church is a gallery at the east end.^[1] The three-manual organ was made by J. J. Binns for Claremont Baptist Church, Bolton. It was moved here and rebuilt in 1984 by Leonard Reeves.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Historic England, "Congregational Church, Congleton (1130487)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 February 2012
^ ^a ^b Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 299, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
^ Cheshire, Congleton, United Reformed Church (D07552), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 26 February 2012