Barley United Reform Church

Barley United Reform Church, originally a Baptist Chapel and now redundant, was built in 1841 by W. Savell. It features a red brick structure with a white brick facade, complemented by white and black brick and stone dressings, and a slate roof. The building has a rectangular plan with a three-window front and four-window returns. The gable front includes a central entrance in a projecting porch, which has recessed double panelled doors with a stone lintel. Notable architectural details include a chamfered plinth, recessed panels in the jambs, an upper plat band, and a simple cornice above the flat head. The porch returns have small lattice lights with segmental heads, while flanking the entrance are two-light lattice windows with segmental heads. Above, there are three tall Y traceried lattice light round-headed windows set in round-headed gauged brick relieving arches, with a datestone at the center. The ends of the building feature pilaster strips with recessed panels, and brick kneelers with moulded brick coping adorn the gable parapet. The returns have plain plinths and four tall Y traceried lattice light round-headed windows with white brick inside round-headed gauged brick relieving arches. A projecting brick course runs below the boxed eaves. At the rear, there is a low school-room outshut with three round-headed Y traceried windows, each topped with a parapetted gable, and a white brick stack on the ridge to the left. The main block has four blind round-headed openings with white brick surrounds inside relieving arches, and kneelers to the brick coped gable parapet.

Inside, the narthex is panelled and features depressed pointed arches over the outer doors. Stairs with winders lead to a gallery with original seating, while box pews occupy the center. The main hall contains 19th-century seating and a panelled dado. At the far end, steps lead up to a central organ and a panelled reading desk with a canted front, supported by brackets for the reading board. The gallery has a fielded panelled frontal and rests on two octagonal uprights with moulded caps. A stone memorial with an epitaph is affixed to the front wall.