United Reformed Church is a Grade II* listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1970. Church. 2 related planning applications.
United Reformed Church
- WRENN ID
- north-timber-sedge
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1970
- Type
- Church
- Address
- United Reformed Church, High Street, Wellingborough, NN8 4HW
- OS grid reference
- SP 889 680
- Coordinates
- 52.30295, -0.69649
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The United Reformed Church, originally known as the Congregational Church, was built around 1875. It was designed by architect E. Sharman following a plan by Caleb Archer, with construction carried out by builder J. Boddington. The church features rusticated lias stone with ashlar dressings and includes porches on the north, south, and west sides, along with an attached vestry hall on the east. It is a single-storey building with a gallery.
The entrance front showcases a two-storey gabled porch with a pointed arched opening, flanked by pairs of detached columns with foliated capitals. Above the porch is a three-light window adorned with a roundel and cusped tracery. On either side of the porch, single-storey quadrants feature continuous arcading supported by detached columns with foliated capitals, along with blank and glazed openings. The main body of the church on either side of the porch has a two-storey appearance, with piers of pointed head windows at each level, separated by detached columns with foliated capitals. Three-stage buttresses are positioned between each pair of windows. The elevations to the left and right of the entrance front have one and a half storey gabled porches with arched entrances facing the entrance front. The gable ends are decorated with three single lancets and a roundel in an arched recess above.
The rear of the church mirrors the entrance front and includes an attached vestry hall designed in a similar style. A corbelled ashlar cornice runs along the top, and the roof is shaped like a truncated cone, featuring central cast-iron railings around large iron ventilator chimneys.
Inside, the church has a gallery supported by cast-iron columns, original seating, and an organ made by Hill. All windows are fitted with stained glass, and the main entrance porch is equipped with cast iron sliding gates.
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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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