West Park United Reformed Church

West Park United Reformed Church, Victoria Avenue, Harrogate, HG1 1EQ

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1149397
Date first listed:
26-Nov-1973
List Entry Name:
West Park United Reformed Church
Statutory Address:
West Park United Reformed Church, Victoria Avenue, Harrogate, HG1 1EQ
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1149397
Date first listed:
26-Nov-1973
List Entry Name:
West Park United Reformed Church
Statutory Address 1:
West Park United Reformed Church, Victoria Avenue, Harrogate, HG1 1EQ

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
West Park United Reformed Church, Victoria Avenue, Harrogate, HG1 1EQ

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Harrogate
National Grid Reference:
SE 30217 55055

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16 January 2024 to update the name and to reformat the text to current standards

SE 3055 SW
14/181

VICTORIA AVENUE (north side)
West Park United Reformed Church

(Formerly listed as Victoria Avenue United Reformed Church (Congregational-Presbyterian))

26.11.73.

II
Circa 1861-62 by Lockwood and Mawson. Gothic style. Six bays. Fishtail-slated roof with coped gables and gabled window bays. Rusticated grit stone ashlar with strings, buttresses and pairs of gargoyles between bays. Windows with rusticated tracery and hood moulds. Five-light west window and two-light nave windows. Arched doorway with trefoil head and receeding orders, and hood mould with ball flower terminals. Tower on south-west corner with octagonal belfry and steeple. Included for townscape value of spire.

Listing NGR: SE3021755055

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
329972
Legacy System:
LBS

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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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