Description

OLDHAM

SD9204NE UNION STREET
780-1/6/87 (North side)
Union Street United Reformed and
Methodist Church

GV II

United Reformed Church, formerly Congregational chapel. 1877.
Rusticated rubble, coursed and squared in small blocks, with
slate roof. Tower, nave with 2 aisles. Squat central tower in
south wall with 6-light Decorated window with hoodmould, and
doors recessed to east and west within wide plain stepped
Early English arch to porch. Enriched trefoiled window in
south wall inside porch. Buttresses to tower, which has
embattled parapet. Shallow copings to aisles each side of
tower, with foiled lancet windows in south walls, the east and
west walls divided by buttresses into 4 bays, each with foiled
lancet window. Wood clerestory over, with continuous trefoiled
lights. Northern gable has small 3-light Decorated window, and
hipped roofed single-storeyed rooms projecting beyond, with
paired 2-light windows. Cast-iron railings and gates carried
on low plinth wall between stone piers to south and east.
(Worrall: Oldham and District Directory: Oldham: 1880-).

Listing NGR: SD9283204935

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571507

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)