United Reform Church is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1955. Church.

United Reform Church

WRENN ID
tenth-oriel-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Harborough
Constituency
South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1955
Type
Church
Address
United Reform Church, George Street, Lutterworth
OS grid reference
SP 544 846
Coordinates
52.45694, -1.20063
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The United Reform Church, originally listed as the George Street Congregational Church, dates from 1777 but was likely rebuilt in the early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick featuring painted pilaster quoins, window arches, and a moulded cornice, along with rendered bands and a door surround. The building has a moulded platband above the ground floor and a cillband on the upper floor. It has a low hipped roof made of Swithland slate, with the ridge running from front to back.

The church is two storeys high and has a symmetrical three-window front, with segment-headed surrounds and keyblocks. The windows are paired casements with glazing bars that radiate above. The entrance is framed by a pilastered surround with a frieze and cornice, leading to paired six-panel doors with overlights. To the right, there is a two-storey single-bay extension in a similar style, featuring a panelled door with a Gothick-glazed fanlight. The left side of the building has three windows on two storeys, along with a band and moulded cornice. A datestone above the door indicates the construction of the chapel followed the reunion of two Lutterworth Congregations after an earlier secession.

Inside, the church was altered in the late 19th century but still retains original galleries around three sides and a hexagonal pulpit. There are various 18th-century monuments present.

Local climate

United Reform Church receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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