Providence United Reformed Church, Middleton
Description: Providence United Reformed Church
Grade: II
Date Listed: 23 March 1987
English Heritage Building ID: 213453
OS Grid Reference: SD8720306108
OS Grid Coordinates: 387203, 406108
Latitude/Longitude: 53.5514, -2.1946
Location: Market Place, Middleton, Rochdale M24 6AE
Locality: Middleton
Local Authority: Rochdale
County: Greater Manchester
Country: England
Postcode: M24 6AE
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Listing Text
MIDDLETON MARKET PLACE
SD 80 NE
(north side)
2/14 Providence
- United Reformed
Church
- II
Chapel. 1859-60. Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings
and slate roof. 4-sided gallery plan. Gable-pedimented
elevation with projecting plinth, first floor sill band,
rusticated quoins and paired entrances. The 6-panel doors
have fanlights and an entablature on flat pilasters.
segment-headed windows to either side and 4 round-arched
first floor windows with pilasters, keystones and circular
tracery. The pediment has elementary brick modillions,
polychromatic brick patterning and a central oculus with
mouchette tracery and arabesque surround. 6-bay side
elevations with similar windows on 2 levels and an eaves
cornice. Interior: virtually complete with the panelled
gallery parapet sweeping round at each end supported on
cast-iron columns. The box pews follow a similar curve in
the gallery. Organ chamber in arched recess occupying north
gallery behind a tall panelled pulpit approached by opposed
steps with cast-iron railings. Many interesting features
survive including the original hymn number board, the
plaster ceiling and cornice, early C20 light fittings and
leaded glass.
Listing NGR: SD8720306108
Source: English Heritage
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