United Reformed Church

The United Reformed Church is a building dating from the 20th century, exhibiting a conventional cruciform plan with a tower at the north end, a nave with lean-to aisles, and transepts. A hall extends to the south, appearing externally as a chancel with a lower roofline, and a flat-roofed block sits in the angle of the hall and the east transept. The architecture is a highly original interpretation, drawing influence from both Gothic and Art Nouveau styles.

The north tower is integrated into the main roofline, featuring a saddleback design with subsidiary hipped bays projecting to the east and west, clasped by buttresses that form the copings of their roofs. Tall arched windows with unmoulded tracery of crossed arcs are found on the north wall. The low aisles are divided by pilaster buttresses, and incorporate triple flat-headed windows in each bay. A very shallow gabled porch, with a chamfered four-centred archway, faces north. The clerestory features circular windows within octagonal architraves, displaying diagonal unmoulded interwoven tracery. The transept windows are flat-headed with shallow relieving arches, each containing three lights and unmoulded tracery of crossed arcs. Paired flat-headed windows with similar tracery are located high up in the bay to the south of the crossing. The hall's south wall has paired windows forming a band, topped by a circular window in the gable apex.

External detailing includes rusticated stone dressings and exposed brickwork. The tower bay to the north has a plain, roughly chamfered arch. The low aisles are characterised by a squat arcade of slightly pointed segmental arches carried on heavy, roughly chamfered squared piers. The roof features bold curved principal and collar trusses. High and wide transepts also incorporate pointed segmental arches, with a similar arch south of the crossing. A steeper arch creates the organ recess in the centre of the south wall. A stone dado with a chevron moulding serves as a frieze in the south bay. The south end includes a pale oak dais and pews, with the main dais curved in plan and a canted pulpit positioned at its centre. Stylised traceried panels decorate the dais riser and pulpit, which also features a beaten metalwork lectern. The organ is by Conacher of Huddersfield, and the curved pews are located behind it.