United Reformed Church

Date:: 13 Oct 1999

Location:: United Reformed Church, Heywood Road, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, OL11 3BT

Reference:: IOE01/00608/12

Type:: Photograph (Digital)

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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SD 81 SE ROCHDALE HEYWOOD ROAD (south side) 6/71 United Reformed Church

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Chapel 1866. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and slate roof. First floor meeting hall and vestry over an undercroft. C20 single-storey north extension and single storey vestrys at east. 3 bays with stone plinth, 4 giant pilasters, the central 2 terminating in bold pinnacles; stone banding and coped gable with finial. The central semi-circular headed doorway has flanking engaged columns with crocket capitals, a fanlight, projecting modillion cornice and a parapet which forms the base of the first floor 3-semi-circular headed window. Bays 1 and 3 each have 2 semi-circular headed windows under pointed dripmoulds.

The 6-bay side elevations have stone banding and semi- circular headed windows with stone voussoir arches. The 3- bay vestry has similar windows, the central one having a coped gablet. The meeting hall is supported on cast iron columns. Entrance hall gives access via twin staircasses.

Listing NGR: SD8793610481

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1091 Ioe Records Taken By Pamela Jackson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Jackson, Pamela

Rights Holder: Jackson, Pamela

Keywords

Stone, Slate, Cast Iron, Ashlar, Victorian Chapel, Religious Ritual And Funerary, Place Of Worship, Undercroft, Unassigned, Building Component, Building, United Reformed Church, Congregational Chapel, Nonconformist Chapel