Ovenden United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1982. Church.
Ovenden United Reformed Church
- WRENN ID
- knotted-outpost-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1982
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Ovenden United Reformed Church, Keighley Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 077 274
- Coordinates
- 53.74336, -1.88385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ovenden United Reformed Church is a 1837 Congregational Chapel that closely resembles the one at Northowram. The front is made of sandstone brick and features a plain pediment gable with kneelers. It has three bays, with a central shallow arched recess that extends into the gable, framing the doorway which has a simple keystoned arch. The windows have plain ashlar lintels and are marginally glazed. The side elevations are two stories high with five bays and two plain rows of windows. The church has a stone slate roof. Inside, there is a gallery that has been partly repaired in the late 19th century, and it retains box pews above. The church is set back from the road and has a small cleared burial ground in front.
Local climate
Ovenden United Reformed Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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