United Reformed Church

The United Reformed Church, originally built as a Congregational Chapel in 1837, is designed in the Greek Revival style. It features a gable front with a facade made of gault brick and limestone dressings, while the side walls are constructed of red brick. The church has a slated roof and stands two storeys tall with five windows.

At the center, there is a portico in antis supported by Ionic columns, which hold up a simple cornice and a string course at the first-floor level. Above the portico, there is a slightly set-forward section that is three bays wide, topped with a full-width gable pediment that has moulded limestone copings and a central oeil-de-boeuf window framed in stone. The first-storey windows leading to the balcony are designed in a strong Vitruvian style, each topped with a cornice and featuring leaded stained glass in the Art Nouveau style.

Flanking the portico are entrance doorways with broad paired flat pilasters and a deep cornice, leading to a pair of three-panelled doors with an oblong fanlight. There are additional similar doors within the portico. The facade extends for one bay only on the sides. At the rear, there is a short timber-framed range with a steeply-pitched plaintiled roof, which may be a remnant of the earlier chapel built on this site in 1716 and enlarged in 1818. Notably, in 1755, the Rev. Joseph Priestly, who discovered oxygen, was appointed Minister here.