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United Reformed Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham

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Latitude: 53.5038 / 53°30'13"N

Longitude: -1.3625 / 1°21'44"W

OS Eastings: 442383

OS Northings: 400974

OS Grid: SE423009

Mapcode National: GBR LWXX.TQ

Mapcode Global: WHDD5.16H8

Plus Code: 9C5WGJ3Q+G2

Entry Name: United Reformed Church

Listing Date: 21 August 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1132789

English Heritage Legacy ID: 335558

ID on this website: 101132789

Location: West Melton Congregational Church, West Melton, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63

County: Rotherham

Electoral Ward/Division: Hoober

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Wath upon Dearne

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): South Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Brampton Bierlow Christ Church

Church of England Diocese: Sheffield

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WATH UPON DEARNE
MELTON HIGH STREET (north side)
United Reformed Church

II

Chapel, 1799 (Swallow, p5). Cement rendered; Welsh slate roof. Single-storey with gallery; three x four bays; addition to rear. Entrance front: ashlar plinth. Central round-arched window with glazing bars; sill blocks to moulded sill. Two flanking doorways have two steps to C20 double doors with overlights; plinth blocks to part-fluted Doric columns; triglyph friezes; mutule cornices. Band to first floor. Casements to gallery have projecting sills. Shaped wooden gutter brackets. Hipped roof. Left return: four tall, round-arched windows with projecting sills, impost band and plain archivolt.

Interior: gallery to entrance end with panelled balustrade. Impost band to side windows. Modillion cornice. Imposing reredos in the form of a Doric serliana. Pine box pews and panelled dado.

M. Swallow, 'A History of West Melton Congregational Church', undated booklet.

Listing NGR: SE4238300974

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