United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Church.

United Reformed Church

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Constituency
Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 August 1983
Type
Church
Address
United Reformed Church, West Street
OS grid reference
SU 888 813
Coordinates
51.52377, -0.7208
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The United Reformed Church, built in 1785, features a red brick exterior and a slate roof. The entrance front has been significantly altered in the mid to late 19th century. The south front is gabled with a parapet, showcasing a full-height recessed arched opening with Bath stone coping and dentils along the parapet. It has three tall windows, the center one with a rounded head, all featuring glazing bars that create circular patterns. Full-height coupled Corinthian pilasters with stone capitals support the arch, which has a barrel vault underneath with a rendered and lined soffit. The building is flanked by pavilions topped with hipped slate roofs, a brick dentil cornice, and a stone flat band at the first floor. The ground floor features semi-circular arched openings with keystones above the door openings. The right-hand door has six moulded panels with a semi-circular glazed fanlight above, while the left-hand door is similar but has glazed panels. Above the doors are circular windows with glazing bars forming four circles. The north end of the church has been well restored in modern times.

Inside, the church has a double-height space with a balustraded gallery supported by slender cast iron fluted Doric columns on three sides. A plaster cornice runs along the ceiling. The north wall features a central panelled pulpit with stairs on either side, and ornate wood balusters in front of a tall semi-circular arched niche, flanked by six-panelled doors in moulded architraves.

Local climate

United Reformed Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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