United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. Church.
United Reformed Church
- WRENN ID
- dusk-chamber-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Address
- United Reformed Church, High Street, Highworth
- OS grid reference
- SU 200 924
- Coordinates
- 51.63029, -1.71157
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The United Reformed Church, dated 1825, is set back from the road and features a pedimented front. It is a two-storey building constructed of ashlar stone, with a first-floor cill band and a moulded cornice, topped by a coped gable. The façade includes three arched glazing bar sash windows set in recesses. A central pilastered doorcase with a blocking course frames a double six-panel door. The gable is adorned with three shaped panels, with the central panel inscribed "Zion Chapel" and the former date of 1825 still visible. Modern railings line the street, retaining a former lamp overthrow. To the right, a brick wall has an arched doorway leading to a side passage. Inside, there are flanking staircases in the lobby that provide access to the galleries.
Local climate
United Reformed Church receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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