United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Chapel.
United Reformed Church
- WRENN ID
- idle-alcove-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- United Reformed Church, Church Lane, Thatcham, RG19 3JL
- OS grid reference
- SU 516 673
- Coordinates
- 51.40275, -1.25938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The United Reformed Church is an early 19th-century chapel located on Church Lane in Thatcham. It is constructed of grey brick, featuring red gauged window heads on the front and red brick side walls. The building has a stone-coped pedimented gable with a circular opening in the tympanum and a slate roof. The nave is two bays wide and includes lancet windows, with a later addition of a chancel.
The west front of the church is two storeys high and consists of three bays. The central bay projects slightly and is accentuated by a plat band and a dentil cornice at the first floor level. On the first floor, there are three arched glazing bar sash windows, while the ground floor has two blank windows flanking a central doorway. This doorway is framed by a stone Doric porch, which features two columns and pilasters that support a frieze and cornice. Inside, there is a west gallery adorned with quatrefoil panels, supported by two columns.
Local climate
United Reformed 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 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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