Over United Reformed Church

Over United Reformed Church

Over United Reformed Church
Over United Reformed Church

Location in Cheshire

Coordinates: 53°11′18″N 2°32′24″W / 53.1884°N 2.5399°W
OS grid reference SJ 640 658
Location Swanlow Lane, Over,
Winsford, Cheshire
Country England
Denomination United Reformed Church
History
Former name(s) Over Congregational Chapel
Founded 1865
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 12 March 1986
Architect(s) John Douglas
Architectural type Church
Completed 1865
Specifications
Materials Polychromatic brick with red sandstone dressings; slate roof

Over United Reformed Church is in Swanlow Lane, Over, Winsford, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building,[1] and continues to be an active congregation within the United Reformed Church.[2]

The church is built in polychromatic brick with a slate roof and red sandstone dressings. It was originally built as a Congregational chapel and was the second church to be designed by John Douglas.[3] It is an unusual building which Douglas' biographer Edward Hubbard describes as being "experimental" and as presenting "an astonishing sight".[3] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "very ugly".[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Historic England, "The Congregational Church, Winsford (1160821)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 September 2012
  2. ↑ Over United Reformed Church, UK Church Directory, retrieved 13 April 2009
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hubbard, Edward (1991), The Work of John Douglas, London: The Victorian Society, pp. 43–44, ISBN 0-901657-16-6
  4. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (2003) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 389, ISBN 0-300-09588-0