Building record 1489/2/0 - Norcliffe Chapel

This chapel was built in 1823-4 by Samuel Greg, owner of Quarry Bank Mill [CSMR 2617/1/1] who appointed a Baptist minister. In 1833 a Unitarian minister succeeded to the charge who, from 1843, held the pastorate jointly with Dean Row. The chapel, which remained in Unitarian hands, was greatly altered in 1867. In 1979 it became the property of the National Trust, who own the whole village (1).
English garden wall bond red brick with stone dressings. Kerridge stone-slate roof and stone ridge. Memorials to Greg family are simple white marble plaques on black marble bases. Organ with painted pipes of 1882 by Frorster and Andrews of Hull. Full architectual description in (2).

<1> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), 1994, An Inventory of Non-Conformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in the North of England, Cheshire Number 146 (Book). SCH4548.

<2> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /1/249 (Report). SCH1934.