Branton And Glanton United Reformed Church

Branton and Glanton United Reformed Church, formerly a Presbyterian church, was built in 1783, with a porch and stair projection added in 1912 by George Reavell of Alnwick. The original 1783 section is constructed of squared stone with cut dressings, while the 1912 extension is of tooled squared stone with ashlar dressings. Both have Welsh slate roofs, with a timber belfry covered by a lead cap.

The church began as a simple, rectangular preaching space. The north elevation, facing the street, comprises two sections reflecting the different periods. The 1912 extension is divided into two parts. The lower right section features half-glazed double doors within a lugged architrave, flanked by two-light windows with projecting sills and blocks; a moulded cornice projects above the door, finished with a flat-coped parapet. A stair projection on the left has broad rusticated angle pilasters and an arched window within a shouldered and lugged architrave, topped with a triple keystone and an open pedimented gable. Behind the extension is the original 1783 church, which has slender raised pilasters at the corners and two windows set in raised stone surrounds; the window on the left is blocked and partly hidden by the stair projection. Coped gables have moulded kneelers; a bellcote near the left end of the ridge contains twin pointed-arch openings and a swept pyramidal cap with a weathervane. The returns of the north elevation display angle pilasters linked by a band at eaves level, a keyed oculus (that on the east incorporating a clock), and a cruciform loop in each gable. The east end also exhibits a central gallery window in a raised stone surround, above an inserted window with a tooled-and-margined alternating-block surround. The south elevation is symmetrical with four bays. The central bays have tall arched windows in raised stone surrounds with imposts and keystones; the end bays have similar, but shorter, windows at both ground floor and gallery levels, the lower ones originally doorways. All windows have leaded glazing fitted in 1912.

Inside, the panelling of the east gallery was remodelled in 1912, using old materials, and stands on two round columns with moulded caps and bases, supporting a fluted frieze and modillion cornice. The other woodwork is also from 1912. The church holds numbered pews with frames designed to hold pew-rent cards. A wall tablet serves as a memorial to those who died in the First World War.