Building record 2925/3/1 - Creaton United Reform Church

A presbyterian congregation was formed in Creaton in the late 17th century and the first chapel was erected in 1694. The current building was built c1794 on the site of the earlier building. Enlarged to the west in the early 19th century, by which time it was probably Congregational. The original south front had one tall round-arched window between two doorways, one of which to the west was replaced by a second window when the chapel was enlarged

{1} The congregation, originally regarded as Presbyterian, was formed in the late 17th century and a meeting house seating 400 which was erected on a leasehold site c1694. The present building, which superseded the former on the expiry of the lease, c1794, has brick walls in Flemish bond with dark headers and a hipped slate roof. It was enlarged to the W in the early 19th century. The original S front has one tall round-arched window between two doorways, one of which to the W was replaced by a second window when the chapel was enlarged. The N wall has two similar windows in the older part flanking the former site of the pulpit. The gabled W wall of the extension has three upper lunettes and a single window below. The interior has a gallery in the W extension. The pulpit, re-sited on a later rostrum at the E end, is of the early19th century; other fittings are later. Monument: in chapel, Rev Joseph Whitehead, over 23 years pastor, 1816, 'such was his success as to render it necessary greatly to enlarge this place of worship'.

<1> The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1986, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses: Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire, p.137-8 (Report). SNN2902.

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