Listed Building record MDR12967 - United Reformed Church, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston

United Reformed Church, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston, built in 1905. 'The construction of the United Reform Church on Wharncliffe Road began in April 1904. The architect was Mr Harry Tatham Sudbury, and the builder was Mr Alfred Earnshaw of Burr Lane. The official opening took place in March 1905, with the dedication being carried out by Reverend J Guiness Rogers of London.' (1) From the National Heritage List for England: 'PARISH OF ILKESTON WHARNCLIFFE ROAD SK 4641 NW 7/59 (South Side) United Reformed Church and attached Parish Rooms II Non-conformist church. 1905 by H Tatham Sudbury of Ilkeston. Art Nouveau Gothic style. Red brick with stone dressings and plain tile roof. Nave and chancel, aisles, north east tower, transepts. West porch and parish rooms attached to south east corner. North elevation (ritual west): tower to left has set back buttresses. Chamfered plinth and four stone bands corresponding to lintel and sill levels of windows. To the east face is a 3-light chamfered mullion window. To the north are steps up to a doorway with ashlar surround and Perp style panel tracery in the spandrels. 3-light mullion window above. The bell stage has a Perp style 3-light window, flanked by trefoiled panels and with shields in the spandrels. Similar bell openings to the three other faces. Castellated parapet with pinnacles and copper spire. Broad gabled bay to the right has a 2-light chamfered mullion window either side of a buttress. Large 5-light gothic window above with cusped ogee tracery of original design. Flanked by tapering buttresses with ogee niches. Porch to right has a 3-light mullioned window. West elevation has porch to left with tapering buttresses and polychromatic gable. Three bays to the right have lean-to 'aisles' to basement with casement windows and broad pointed arched casement windows above, as clerestory lights to basement. 3-light mullioned windows above with square heads, lighting the aisle of the church. Large 3-light gothic clerestory windows above again, with cusped tracery. Transeptal projection to the right. Similar elevation of four tiers of windows to east. Transeptal projection to left has set back buttresses. Two large casement windows with depressed gothic arches light the basement. Single 5-light pointed arched window above with cusped tracery. Two-bay parish rooms for L-range to east. Canted end to east. Large casement windows to basement, mullioned cross windows above. Listing NGR: SK4636341648.' (1)