Building record 953/33/1 - United Reformed Church, Brington Road

Congregational chapel built in 1771, enlarged 1819. Ironstone ashlar, with splayed plinth, slate roof. Rectangular plan. 2-storey, 3-window range. Entrance front has gabled end with large semi-circular window in gable. Radiating leaded lights. Keyblock and datestone above, moulded string at base of gable. Three first floor arch-headed windows with keyblocks and leaded lights.

{1} Nonconformist chapel, now church. Dated 1771, enlarged 1819. Ironstone ashlar, with splayed plinth, slate roof. Rectangular plan. 2-storey, 3-window range. Entrance front has gabled end with large semi-circular window in gable. Radiating leaded lights. Keyblock and datestone above, moulded string at base of gable. Three first floor arch-headed windows with keyblocks and leaded lights. On ground floor, outer bays have 6-panel double doors with fanlights and segmental heads. Central bay has window with leaded lights; all have keyblocks and segmental heads. Sides have 4 bays, upper arched leaded windows under segmental head, all with keyblocks. Rear gable has datestone inscribed 'enlarged 1819'. Interior: blind arch flanked by pointed arched upper windows, panelled gallery on three sides, supported on simple columns probably of 1819. Later C19 pews and pulpit. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1973, p.296).

{3} The present chapel was built in 1771 and enlarged in 1819, considerable improvements were undertaken in 1859 when repairs were done to the church, the pews were modernised, gas was laid on, the back gallery removed and a new pulpit inserted.The building is still standing and in use by the United Reformed Church today.

{6} Altered internally in 1859 and the fittings further modified in 1899 and 1951.

Description from record 953/33:
{2} Congregationalists began to meet in a barn (what is now Mrs Marjorie Cox's orchard opposite the manse railings). The tradition is that the church was formed in 1707 although there is no documentation to prove this The present chapel was built in 1771 and enlarged in 1819, considerable improvements were undertaken in 1859.

{7} Undated photo;

<1> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.296 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/202 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F04 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<2> BALLINGER J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Long Buckby (Industrial), (part checked) (Digital archive). SNN100506.

<3> BALLINGER J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Long Buckby (Industrial), (part checked) (Digital archive). SNN100506.

<3> Foard G.; Ballinger J., 2000, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Long Buckby, (unchecked) (Report). SNN101574.

<4> Foard G.; Ballinger J., 2000, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Long Buckby, (unchecked) (Report). SNN101574.

<5> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.296 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<6> The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1986, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses: Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire, p. 142-3/site 39 (Report). SNN2902.

<7> Photographs of buildings in Long Buckby (Photographs). SNN112637.

Record last edited

Dec 1 2023 2:54PM