Building record 1160/0/369 - United Reformed Church hall, Abington Avenue

Built in 1900 by Alexander Anderson or Charles Dorman [sources disagree]. Used as a chapel and school rooms for ten years until the money was raised to build the church, thereafter used as school rooms. Modernised in c1992. Locally listed building.

{1} The school is by C Dorman, 1900

{2} Alexander Anderson's work in Northampton includes…the Edwardian Baroque-Queen Anne style Abington Avenue Congregational Church hall and school rooms (c1900).

{3} The plot of land in Abington Avenue was purchased for £1000 and the schoolrooms were built for £3500 and were used for ten years as a chapel and Sunday School until sufficient money was raised to build the adjacent church.

<1> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 469 (Book). SNN111989.

<2> University of Glasgow, Mackintosh Architecture, Alexander Anderson [Accessed 31/08/2022 (Website). SNN113962.

<3> Abington Avenue URC, Abington Avenue United Reformed Church, Our History [Accessed 31/08/2022] (Website). SNN113964.

<4> West Northamptonshire Council, 2024, Local Heritage List, November 2024, p. 27 (Report). SNN116732.

Record last edited

Mar 5 2025 12:22PM