Description

MIDDLETON MARKET PLACE
SD 80 NE
(north side)
2/14 Providence
- United Reformed
Church
- II
Chapel. 1859-60. Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings
and slate roof. 4-sided gallery plan. Gable-pedimented
elevation with projecting plinth, first floor sill band,
rusticated quoins and paired entrances. The 6-panel doors
have fanlights and an entablature on flat pilasters.
segment-headed windows to either side and 4 round-arched
first floor windows with pilasters, keystones and circular
tracery. The pediment has elementary brick modillions,
polychromatic brick patterning and a central oculus with
mouchette tracery and arabesque surround. 6-bay side
elevations with similar windows on 2 levels and an eaves
cornice. Interior: virtually complete with the panelled
gallery parapet sweeping round at each end supported on
cast-iron columns. The box pews follow a similar curve in
the gallery. Organ chamber in arched recess occupying north
gallery behind a tall panelled pulpit approached by opposed
steps with cast-iron railings. Many interesting features
survive including the original hymn number board, the
plaster ceiling and cornice, early C20 light fittings and
leaded glass.

Listing NGR: SD8720306108

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26455878

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback