Over United Reformed Church | |
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53°11′18″N2°32′24″W / 53.1884°N 2.5399°W | |
OS grid reference | SJ640658 |
Location | Swanlow Lane, Over, Winsford, Cheshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | United Reformed |
Previous denomination | Congregational |
History | |
Former name(s) | Over Congregational Chapel |
Founded | 1865 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 12 March 1986 |
Architect(s) | John Douglas |
Architectural type | Church |
Groundbreaking | 1865 |
Completed | 1867 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Polychromatic brick with red sandstone dressings; slate roof |
Over United Reformed Church is in Swanlow Lane, Over, Winsford, Cheshire, England. It was built as a Congregational chapel and is now a United Reformed Church. [1] It is a Grade II listed building, [2]
The church was the second to be designed by John Douglas. [3] Building began in 1865 and was completed in 1867. [4] Its exterior is in polychromatic brick, with a slate roof and red sandstone dressings.
It is an unusual building that Douglas' biographer Edward Hubbard describes as being "experimental" and as presenting "an astonishing sight". [3] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner called it "very ugly". [5]
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