Congregational Church (Including Salt Family Mausoleum To South)

The Congregational Church and Salt family mausoleum were built between 1858 and 1859 by Lockwood and Mawson for Titus Salt. The buildings are constructed of ashlar, with a Welsh slate roof and a lead roof to the mausoleum. The church is in an Italianate style, consisting of a 6-bay aisle-less nave with a semicircular portico at the west end and a Salt family mausoleum to the south.

The portico, 7 bays wide and raised on a 5-step podium, features a central double door with similar flanking doors, and giant Corinthian columns supporting a deeply dentilled and modillioned entablature. Above the portico is a round tower with four clock faces and four oculi at its base, topped by a dome supported by eight engaged columns.

The nave's bays are marked by giant Corinthian pilasters. Large square-headed windows have eared architraves and marginal glazing. A basement level of rock-faced stone is visible on the south side due to the sloping ground, and a smaller apse faces east, flanked by pilasters.

Inside, there is a small gallery at the rear. The nave bays are defined by dark blue scagliola pilasters supporting a dentilled and modillioned entablature and a richly-decorated, segmental, coffered ceiling. A panelled organ occupies the east apse. The church contains oak, straight-backed pews and two massive gilt chandeliers. A round vestibule at the west end holds a carved marble bust of Titus Salt by Thomas Milnes of London, mounted on a square pedestal displaying the Salt coat of arms, with an alpaca helmet and crest. At the base of the pedestal are depictions of an Angora goat and an alpaca with a fleece entwined around a cornucopia.

The Salt family mausoleum is square with a domed roof. It features elaborate detailing with Corinthian pilasters enriched with foliage on three sides. The central panels are round-arched with radiating decoration in the tympana, topped by a modillioned cornice. The front is flanked by engaged columns and an urn. A central Roman altar is adorned with festoons and lions’ heads, surmounted by an urn decorated with figures and festoons.

The buildings form part of the Saltaire model village.