Building record 5278 - Pentecostal Church, Cross Street, Congleton

<1> Cheshire East Council, 2010, Cheshire East LDF Local List of Historic Buildings (Report). SCH5404.

The Pentecostal church hall on Cross Street was built as a chapel for the Unitarians but later taken over. The new Pentecostal Chapel opened in 1883, built of pink sandstone from the Tegnose Quarry near Macclesfield.

<2> Hartwell C, Hyde M, Hubbard E & Pevsner N, 2011, The Buildings of England: Cheshire (2011 revision), p.299 (Book). SCH7059.

Unitarian chapel dated 1883 and reputedley designed and built by James Brown.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1875, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Congleton (Maps and Plans). SCH4541.

This map depicts a Unitarian chapel at this location. The building has a much smaller foot print than the 1883 chapel building.

<4> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 123/3, 1845 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map appears to depict the earlier chapel.

<5> County Historic Environment Record, Site Visit/Watching Brief Observation Report Form (Unpublished Document). SCH4357.

The grave yard included a grave dated 1778.