Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church

Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church
Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church
Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°08′31″N 2°29′00″W / 53.1419°N 2.4834°W
Location	Cross Lane, Minshull Vernon, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	United Reformed Church
Website	Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	12 January 1967
Architectural type	Church
Completed	1809
Specifications
Materials	Brick, tiled roof
Clergy
Minister(s)	David Spence

Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church is located in Cross Lane, Minshull Vernon, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[1]

History

The building was originally a Congregational church constructed in 1809.^[2] In 1884 the interior of the church was improved and heating was installed at a cost of nearly £470 (equivalent to £44,000 in 2015).^[3] The church was further renovated in 1906, electricity was installed in 1946, and a water supply was connected and a kitchen added in 1975.^[4]

Architecture

Constructed in brick, the church has a tiled roof. It is in four bays with a porch. On the sides of the church are two-light mullioned windows. On the north side is one original window containing Y-tracery. On the gables are ball finials. Inside the church a dado rail separates pine wainscotting below from the plastered walls above. At the east end of the church is an organ, in front of which is a U-shaped communion rail.^[1]

See also

• Listed buildings in Minshull Vernon

References

1. Historic England. "Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church (1330056)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
2. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 483, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
3. UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
4. A Potted History, Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church, retrieved 20 March 2012