United Reform Church and Vestry is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1963. A 18th century Church.

United Reform Church and Vestry

WRENN ID
sheer-rubblework-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1963
Type
Church
Period
18th century
Address
United Reform Church and Vestry, Spring Lane, Aston Tirrold
OS grid reference
SU 554 860
Coordinates
51.57024, -1.20198
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The United Reform Church and Vestry, formerly known as the Presbyterian Chapel, is a chapel likely built in the early 18th century. It is constructed of grey brick with red brick dressings and features an old plain-tile hipped double-depth roof. The building is single-storey with a two-window range. On either side, there are 19th-century red brick porches that have round arched doorways and half-hipped plain-tile roofs. The entrance has double plank doors with wrought-iron hinges. In the center, there are two round-topped windows with leaded lights, and the eaves are painted and moulded. There are also two round-topped windows with leaded lights on the left and right returns, and a round window at the rear that contains 19th-century stained glass. Inside, there are galleries on the left and right supported by columns, and 19th-century box pews. The vestry at the rear is probably from the mid-19th century.

Local climate

United Reform Church and Vestry sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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