United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1985. Church.

United Reformed Church

WRENN ID
open-pedestal-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rotherham
Constituency
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough MP: John Healey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 August 1985
Type
Church
Address
United Reformed Church, Melton High Street
OS grid reference
SE 423 009
Coordinates
53.50378, -1.36248
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The United Reformed Church, built in 1799, is a single-storey chapel located on Melton High Street in Wath Upon Dearne. It features a cement-rendered exterior and a Welsh slate roof, with a layout comprising three rows of four bays and an addition at the rear. The entrance front has an ashlar plinth and a central round-arched window with glazing bars and sill blocks. Flanking the window are two doorways that lead up two steps to 20th-century double doors with overlights. These doorways are supported by part-fluted Doric columns, topped with triglyph friezes and mutule cornices. A band runs along the first floor, and the gallery's casement windows have projecting sills, while shaped wooden brackets support the hipped roof.

On the left side of the building, there are four tall, round-arched windows with projecting sills, an impost band, and a plain archivolt. Inside, the church features a gallery at the entrance end with a panelled balustrade, an impost band along the side windows, and a modillion cornice. The interior is further enhanced by an impressive reredos designed as a Doric serliana, along with pine box pews and a panelled dado.

Local climate

United Reformed Church receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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