Heaton Park Congregational Church is a Grade II listed building in the Bury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1986. Congregational church. 1 related planning application.
Heaton Park Congregational Church
- WRENN ID
- bitter-lintel-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bury
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- Type
- Congregational church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Heaton Park Congregational Church is a Congregational church built in 1881 by Alfred Waterhouse. It features red brick construction with pressed brick and stone dressings, topped with steeply pitched slate roofs, showcasing a Gothic Revival style. The building includes a school room or hall on the ground floor and the church above.
A separately-roofed buttressed corner tower contains the entrance, which features a twin doorway set in an arched opening, complete with a traceried tympanum and hood-mould. Lancet stairlights lead up to the church, which is adorned with similar lancets and a large four-light plate-traceried arched window in the gable end. The main gable and tower both have triplets of small lancets that are similar in form but differ in detail. The tower roof ridge has a louvre with decorative ironwork.
The ground floor hall windows are square-headed, featuring expressed relieving arches along with mullions and transoms. The church contains stained glass, and the original staircases, doors, and interior fittings remain intact. This building is a good and complete example of Waterhouse's work, demonstrating economical planning and sensitive detailing.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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