Longham United Reform Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1974. Church.
Longham United Reform Church
- WRENN ID
- first-tracery-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1974
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Longham United Reform Church, Ringwood Road, Ferndown Town
- OS grid reference
- SZ 066 985
- Coordinates
- 50.78658, -1.90719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Longham United Reform Church, formerly listed as Congregational Chapel, was built in 1841. The church features walls made of 'white' brick in Flemish bond, with yellow brick rubbed arches, Portland stone dressings, and some stucco. It has a slate roof and is a five-bay rectangular structure. Each bay includes a thin pilaster and a round-headed window set in an arched recess, with moulded caps on the pilasters and impost blocks, as well as stone cills and a continuous stone band above. The pilasters rest on a plain plinth and support a deep eaves band.
The south front of the church has a pediment gable, flanked by Ionic Order pilasters, which are topped with a stone moulded cornice and architrave band, and have a moulded base. The upper windows are round-headed, with the center window being wider, and they fit within recessed panels that also contain smaller rectangular lights at the ground floor on either side. The central entrance features a Tuscan porch with brick pilasters and plain stone columns, accessed by three steps. The doorway has an architrave and coupled doors, each consisting of four panels.
Above the gable, there is a slender bell turret with a square base, an octagonal panelled middle stage that includes a clock, and an octagonal upper stage recessed behind Doric Order columns, topped with a slim octagonal copper-covered spire. Inside, the church includes a gallery at the south end.
Local climate
Longham United Reform Church receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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