Luddenden Foot United Reformed Church, the Manse and Chapel House
LUDDENDEN FOOT UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, THE MANSE AND CHAPEL HOUSE, BURNLEY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1134555
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jul-1980
- List Entry Name:
- Luddenden Foot United Reformed Church, the Manse and Chapel House
- Statutory Address:
- LUDDENDEN FOOT UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, THE MANSE AND CHAPEL HOUSE, BURNLEY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1134555
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jul-1980
- List Entry Name:
- Luddenden Foot United Reformed Church, the Manse and Chapel House
- Statutory Address 1:
- LUDDENDEN FOOT UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, THE MANSE AND CHAPEL HOUSE, BURNLEY ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LUDDENDEN FOOT UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, THE MANSE AND CHAPEL HOUSE, BURNLEY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Calderdale (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 03984 24477
Details
SOWERBY BRIDGE BURNLEY ROAD, SE 0224 and SE 0324 (west side) Luddenden Foot 8/19 Luddenden Foot United Reformed Church, The Manse, 11.7.80 and Chapel House GV II*
Congregational chapel, now United Reformed Church, with 2 houses. 1859. For the Whitworth brothers, owners of the nearby mill. Coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and Welsh slate roof. Italianate style. Houses in side bays. 1 storey with basement. 7 bays, outer bays breaking forward, central bay breaking forward further and carrying 3-stage tower. Basement: rock-faced stone; segmental-arched windows with voussoirs; steps down to doorway in left return of central bay. Ground floor: cill band, impost band, entablature with triglyph frieze, moulded cornice and blocking course; outer bays have angle pilasters and corniced pediments; to each bay a tall window with glazing bars, round-arched with archivolts on pilasters, outer bays with fielded panels between sash and fanlight. Central bay has angle pilasters supporting entablature; 2 steps up to double, panelled door with fanlight in Doric doorcase; returns each have a round-arched window. Tower: arched window to first stage; clock to each face of 2nd stage; angle consoles, coursed arched opening, impost band, modillion cornice and ogee cap with weather-vane to 3rd stage. Rear: outer bays break forward. Style as front, outer bays with tall basement doorways and their windows with blind fanlights. Right return (Chapel House): 2 storeys with basement, 4 bays. Ground-floor plinth. Angle pilasters. Giant arched recesses with archivolts, impost band and 2 tiers of sashes with glazing bars. Cantilevered balcony leads to door in bay 2 with tall fanlight. Moulded cornice. Left return (The Manse): as right return. Basement has 4-panel door to bay 2 and segmental-arched windows. Interior of chapel: continuous moulded and enriched band in line with springing of window arches; elaborately - moulded cornice with dentils and paterae; segmental vaulted plaster ceilings of 3 principal bays divided into panels with applied decoration; pipe organ with iron-railed singers' rostrum in front; original box pews; 3 original gasoliers converted to electricity; monument on rear wall to John Whitworth of Kirby Leas, Halifax, d1861, and Mary Ward Whitworth, his widow, dl887,with seated female figures above an arched cornice, by Patteson of Manchester.
Listing NGR: SE0398424477
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 339141
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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