Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ3865 HOUGH GREEN
1932-1/7/178 (North side)
Church of Christ

GV II

Church, formerly probably of the Holy Epiphany Lache and
Saltney Parish. 1855. By James Harrison. Red sandstone with
grey slate roof, gable towards road.
EXTERIOR: west front has double framed and boarded doors on
wrought-iron hinges in a moulded Gothic archway set in a
projecting panel with side-buttresses; diagonal stepped
buttresses at corners; triple lancets with sharply pointed
ogee arches above entrance. Except for the entrance panel the
masonry is rock-faced squared snecked rubble. Coped gable with
kneelers and cross-gabled finials.
The 4-bay nave has stepped buttresses, some to south badly
eroded, and lancets. Lower, narrower, one-bay chancel has
diagonal corner buttresses, a small pair of lancets with a
trefoil window in east gable above. The nave windows appear to
have Art Nouveau glass.
INTERIOR: the nave has boarded floor, boarded dado, plastered
walls, 3 arched trusses and exposed purlins and rafters.
Original pews; the room east of nave, probably formerly the
chancel, is now walled off up to the springing of the arch
which contains loft with pipe organ.
HISTORICAL NOTE: James Harrison had prepared more ambitious
plans for a church capable of extension, at the junction of
Boundary Lane and Green Lane, Saltney and there was to have
been a school for 140 children. The more modest building
adjacent to the north side of the church, not included in this
item, appears to have been designed as a school, mid C19.

Listing NGR: SJ3896465110

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656568

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings