Description

PARISH OF ILKESTON WHARNCLIFFE ROAD
SK 4641 NW
7/59 (South Side)
United Reformed Church
and attached Parish
Rooms
II

Non-conformist church. 1905 by H Tatham Sudbury of Ilkeston.
Art Nouveau Gothic style. Red brick with stone dressings and
plain tile roof. Nave and chancel, aisles, north east tower,
transepts. West porch and parish rooms attached to south east
corner. North elevation (ritual west): tower to left has set
back buttresses. Chamfered plinth and four stone bands
corresponding to lintel and sill levels of windows. To the east
face is a 3-light chamfered mullion window. To the north are
steps up to a doorway with ashlar surround and Perp style panel
tracery in the spandrels. 3-light mullion window above. The
bell stage has a Perp style 3-light window, flanked by trefoiled
panels and with shields in the spandrels. Similar bell openings
to the three other faces. Castellated parapet with pinnacles
and copper spire. Broad gabled bay to the right has a 2-light
chamfered mullion window either side of a buttress. Large
5-light gothic window above with cusped ogee tracery of original
design. Flanked by tapering buttresses with ogee niches. Porch
to right has a 3-light mullioned window. West elevation has
porch to left with tapering buttresses and polychromatic gable.
Three bays to the right have lean-to 'aisles' to basement with
casement windows and broad pointed arched casement windows
above, as clerestory lights to basement. 3-light mullioned
windows above with square heads, lighting the aisle of the
church. Large 3-light gothic clerestory windows above again,
with cusped tracery. Transeptal projection to the right.
Similar elevation of four tiers of windows to east. Transeptal
projection to left has set back buttresses. Two large casement
windows with depressed gothic arches light the basement. Single
5-light pointed arched window above with cusped tracery.
Two-bay parish rooms for L-range to east. Canted end to east.
Large casement windows to basement, mullioned cross windows
above.

Listing NGR: SK4636341648

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433226

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