Description

SD 9927
5/33
6.9.74

HEBDEN ROYD C.P.
BIRCHCLIFFE ROAD, Hebden Bridge

Birchcliffe Centre
(Formerly listed as Birchcliffe Baptist Church) )

G.V.
II

Former Baptist chapel now Conference centre 1898. Ashlar, marble columns, slate
roof. Palladian. Impressive 2-storey front has single storey porch connected
to flanking pavilion blocks with the main chapel set between. Porch in the
form of projecting 4-bay Doric arcaded screen supporting dentilled cornice and
balustrade. Central chapel has 3-bay front divided by fluted Ionic pilasters
with windows with lugged architraves set between, the central of which has
segmental pediment. Doric outer pilasters to corners. Dentilled entablature
with triangular pediment the tympanum of which has 2-light window under
ornamental head. To either side, pedimented pavilion blocks contain staircases
and have parapets crowned by urns. Front is approached up flight of steps with
stone balustrade. 7-bay return is pitch faced stone to wide single storey
aisles with 2-light windows with plain stone surround.
Interior of chapel has inserted floor at gallery level. The ground floor forms
offices, the upper floor a conference hall which retains the galleried pews.
Arcade of 4 semi-circular arches carried on Roman Doric columns of red marble.
Circular clerestorey windows. Chancel arch has moulded plaster panels. The
decorative scheme is retained including 4-light window with lunette which has
stained glass panel of baptism of Christ. Illustrated in, C. Spencer, Hebden
Bridge History Trail, (Hebden Bridge, no date), p.22.

Listing NGR: SD9952127455

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Birchcliffe Baptist Church at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q18708246

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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