Castle Hill United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. Church.
Castle Hill United Reformed Church
- WRENN ID
- carved-footing-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Castle Hill United Reformed Church was built as a Congregational church between 1955 and 1956 by architects Johns, Slater and Haward. The church is constructed from yellow brick and precast concrete, featuring painted glass and a steeply pitched roof covered in asbestos cement. It has a rectangular main space with a communion table located at the east end in a projecting sanctuary, and a small stage at the west end. The entrance projects to the southwest beneath a folded slab roof.
The church is characterized by its steeply pitched zig-zag roof, which slopes down and then rises to the north and south, creating aisles without piers. The walls to the north and south are designed with a diagonal pattern of squares made from precast concrete, filled with blue and yellow painted glass and perspex. A continuous long top light runs along the ridge of the roof. Inside, unpainted precast concrete rafters and purlins are notable features. At both the east and west ends, the concrete frame rises to form a straight-sided pointed arch above the sanctuary and stage. A cross made of red perspex is set into the east wall. This church is a good example of a non-conformist church from this period.
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