City United Reformed Church Explained

City United Reformed
Coordinates:51.4839°N -3.1729°W
Denomination:United Reformed
Previous Denomination:Presbyterian
Founded Date:1864
Status:Active
Heritage Designation:Grade II*
Designated Date:19 May 1975
Architect:F.T. Pilkington
Style:Neogothic
Completed Date:1866

City United Reformed Church is a Grade II*-listed building located in Windsor Place, Cardiff. Originally constructed in 1866, it was listed in 1975.[1]

The church was designed in a Neogothic style by the Scottish architect Frederick Thomas Pilkington, and originally belonged to the Presbyterian denomination.[1] The same architect was also responsible for Barclay Viewforth Church in Edinburgh. Pilkington made a point of using local materials and created a gabled roof with an octagonal spire. In 1893, the west front was redesigned by another architect, E. M. Bruce Vaughan, who built a new porch. After a fire in 1910, Vaughan added a new hammerbeam roof.[2]

In 1972, when the United Reformed Church was created by a merger of the Congregational Church in England and Wales and the Presbyterian Church of England, City URC became part of the Province of Wales within the new denomination.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: City United Reformed Church, Castle. British Listed Buildings. 23 July 2016.
  2. Book: John Newman. Stephen R. Hughes. Anthony Ward. Glamorgan: (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan). 1995. Penguin Books. 978-0-14-071056-4. 192.
  3. Web site: United Reformed Church (Province of Wales) Records. Archives Wales – National Library of Wales. 23 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20120523031544/http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=1&coll_id=484&expand=. 23 May 2012. dead.