Union Street Baptist Church is in Union Street, Crewe, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. In addition to the church, the attached vestry, meeting rooms and offices, boundary wall and railing are included in the listing.[1]
| Union Street Baptist Church, Crewe | |
|---|---|
 Union Street Baptist Church, Crewe | |
  Union Street Baptist Church, Crewe Location in Cheshire | |
| 53°05′30″N 2°26′25″W / 53.0918°N 2.4403°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 706 551 |
| Location | Union Street, Crewe, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 10 March 1999 |
| Architect(s) | J. Wallis Chapman |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Eclectic |
| Groundbreaking | 1882 |
| Completed | 1884 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Brick with ashlar dressings Tiled roof |
| Clergy | |
| Minister(s) | Vacancy |
| Laity | |
| Organist(s) | David Greatbanks |
| Parish administrator | Helen Birtles |
History edit
The church was built between 1882 and 1884 to a design by J. Wallis Chapman.[2] It was built to serve the railway workers in the town.[3]
Architecture edit
Constructed in brick, the church has ashlar dressings and a tiled roof. It contains features from many architectural styles, with Gothic predominating. The church is rectangular in five-bays, with the vestry and meeting room at the east end forming a T-plan. At the west end is a doorway with a pointed arch, flanked by single lancet windows. Above these is a round window containing Decorated tracery. To the right of this is a three-stage stair turret, surmounted by a timber-framed octagonal lantern. To the left is another, lower, stair turret, the upper stage of which has continuous glazing under a hipped roof. Along the sides, each bay contains two lancet windows with a flat-headed three-light window above. Inside the church is a gallery on all sides carried on cast iron columns. At the front of the church is a raised platform over a tiled baptistry. All the windows contain patterned stained glass.[1] The two-manual pipe organ is housed in the gallery. It was installed in 1922, and made by Ernest Wadsworth of Manchester.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Historic England, "Union Street Baptist Church and attached boundary walls and railings, Crewe (1356876)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 March 2012
- ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 311, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
- ^ Welcome, Union Street Baptist Church, retrieved 23 March 2012
- ^ Our Pipe Organ, Union Street Baptist Church, archived from the original on 22 June 2014, retrieved 23 March 2012