Northgate Church, Chester

Northgate Church, Chester

Northgate Church, Chester
Northgate Church, Chester
Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°11′45″N 2°53′41″W / 53.1958°N 2.8946°W / 53.1958; -2.8946
OS grid reference SJ 404 669
Location Upper Northgate Street, Chester, Cheshire
Country England
Denomination Independent
Website Northgate Church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 23 July 1998
Architect(s) T. M. Lockwood
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Completed 1874
Specifications
Materials Sandstone and brick
Slate roofs

Northgate Church, Chester, is located in Upper Northgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is an active church, and part of the Lifelink International family of churches. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1]

History

It was originally built in 1874 as a Congregational church, and was designed by the local architect T. M. Lockwood.[1] The building was bought in 1979 by a congregation of the Lifelink International family of churches.[2]

The present congregation is led by two Elders. The church has an amorphous theology incorporating elements of pentecostalism the prosperity gospel and the seeker sensitive movement.

Architecture

The church is constructed with a front in yellow sandstone, and the sides and rear in brick. The roof is slated.[1] It is described by the authors of the Buildings of England series as "quite a landmark".[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Northgate Church, Chester (1375969)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 February 2012
  2. ↑ Our History, Northgate Church, retrieved 20 February 2012
  3. ↑ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 244, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
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