Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church

Church in Cheshire, England
53°08′31″N 2°29′00″W / 53.1419°N 2.4834°W / 53.1419; -2.4834LocationCross Lane, Minshull Vernon, CheshireCountryEnglandDenominationUnited Reformed ChurchArchitectureFunctional statusActiveHeritage designationGrade IIDesignated12 January 1967Architectural typeChurchCompleted1809SpecificationsMaterialsBrick, tiled roofClergyMinister(s)David Spence

Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church is on Cross Lane, Minshull Vernon, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1]

History

The building was originally a Congregational church constructed in 1809.[2] In 1884 the interior of the church was improved and heating was installed at a cost of nearly £470 (equivalent to £62,000 in 2023).[3] The church was further renovated in 1906, electricity was installed in 1946, and a water supply was connected and a kitchen added in 1975.[4]

Architecture

Constructed in brick, the church has a tiled roof. It is in four bays with a porch. On the sides of the church are two-light mullioned windows. On the north side is one original window containing Y-tracery. On the gables are ball finials. Inside the church a dado rail separates pine wainscotting below from the plastered walls above. At the east end of the church is an organ, in front of which is a U-shaped communion rail.[1]

See also

  • iconCheshire portal

References

  1. ^ a b Historic England. "Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church (1330056)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  2. ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 483, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
  3. ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ A Potted History, Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church, archived from the original on 25 July 2015, retrieved 20 March 2012
  • v
  • t
  • e
Churches in Cheshire
icon Cheshire portal