This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
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
This is part of the Series: IOE01/1091 Ioe Records Taken By Pamela Jackson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Ms Pamela Jackson. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Jackson, Pamela
Rights Holder: Jackson, Pamela
Brick, Slate, Ashlar, Victorian United Reformed Church, Religious Ritual And Funerary, Congregational Chapel, Nonconformist Chapel, Chapel, Place Of Worship