Northgate Church, Chester

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Northgate Church, Chester
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Northgate Church, Chester
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Northgate Church, Chester
Location in Cheshire
53°11′45″N2°53′41″W / 53.1958°N 2.8946°W / 53.1958; -2.8946
OS grid reference SJ 404 669
LocationUpper Northgate Street, Chester, Cheshire
CountryEngland
Denomination Independent
Website Northgate Church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated23 July 1998
Architect(s) T. M. Lockwood
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Completed1874
Specifications
Materials Sandstone and brick
Slate roofs
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NGC Sunday School foundation stone

Northgate Church, Chester, is located in Upper Northgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, England.

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History of the building

It was originally built in 1874 as a Congregational church, and was designed by the local architect T.M. Lockwood. [1] The foundation stone was laid on 23rd July 1874 by the Hon. John George Dodson, M.P. for Chester. [2] It was opened on 22nd July 1875, with the Rev. Alexander Thomson (Chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales) preaching. [3] It remained in Congregational hands until 1967. [4] It was used for a time by Chester College (now Chester University). The building was bought in 1979 by its current congregation, Northgate Church. [5]

Architecture

The church is constructed with a front in Storeton Hill sandstone, and the sides and rear in brick. The roof is slated. [1] It is described by the authors of the Buildings of England series as "quite a landmark". [6] Standing on the highest ground in Chester city centre, its spire (28m/92ft) is visible from many parts of the city. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. [1]

Sunday School

A second building was constructed behind the church to serve as a Sunday School. A foundation stone reads, "This stone was laid by R.W. Hudson, Esq. B.A. July 28th 1880" Robert William Hudson was a local soap manufacturer and philanthropist.

A curious feature of the building is the circular holes made by queuing children, who bored into the soft brick and stone with their pennies, halfpennies and farthings (pictured below).

Holes bored in the walls by children queuing for the Sunday School using pennies, halfpennies and farthings NGC Sunday School penny holes.jpg
Holes bored in the walls by children queuing for the Sunday School using pennies, halfpennies and farthings

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Northgate Church, Chester (1375969)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 20 February 2012
  2. ↑ Powicke, Fred. James (1907). A History of the Cheshire County Union of Congregational Churches. Prepared (To Commemorate its Centenary, 1806-1906) At the Request of the Executive Committee. 65 Bridge St, Manchester: Thomas Griffiths & Co. p. 124.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ↑ Chester Chronicle, 17th July 1875, Vol. CI. No. 5308.
  4. ↑ Northgate Congregational Church, Chester, 1840–1940; Powicke, Congregational Union, 124–5; C.C.A.L.S., ZCR 222/145; O.N.S. (Birkdale), Worship Reg., nos. 388, 22437.
  5. ↑ "Northgate Church". Northgate Church, Chester.
  6. ↑ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 244, ISBN   978-0-300-17043-6
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