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Todmorden Unitarian Church
From the heritage listing;
"1865 to 1869 by John Gibson for Samuel, John and Joshua Fielden. The alignment of the church does not correspond to the elaborate Gothic employed. Nave and aisles, transepts and chancel, porch to ritual west end and large tower and spire attached to 6th bay of nave (on ritual south side) covering another entrance. Pitch faced stone with ashlar dressings, slate roof. 7-bay nave with 2-light windows with traceried heads. Set back buttresses and string with carved heads and flowers. Straight parapet. Ritual west end has elaborate rose window in gable above enclosed rectangular porch. This has deeply moulded doorways in its 3 sides. Beyond the nave, but in line with its walls are the gabled transept facades each of 2 bays, with taller 2-light windows and spherical triangle above. The very short one bay chancel has a large 5-light window in its end wall. 3-stage tower with angle buttresses and 2-light belfry windows. Octagonal stone spire connected by flyers to the pinnacles and with tall lucarnes in the principal faces. The bottom stage forms an open porch with a palm vault with banded webbing. Tall doorway with deeply moulded arch surrounding door and cusped mandorla with stained glass. The church was prominently sited to form a landmark visible from Dobroyd Castle"
From the heritage listing;
"1865 to 1869 by John Gibson for Samuel, John and Joshua Fielden. The alignment of the church does not correspond to the elaborate Gothic employed. Nave and aisles, transepts and chancel, porch to ritual west end and large tower and spire attached to 6th bay of nave (on ritual south side) covering another entrance. Pitch faced stone with ashlar dressings, slate roof. 7-bay nave with 2-light windows with traceried heads. Set back buttresses and string with carved heads and flowers. Straight parapet. Ritual west end has elaborate rose window in gable above enclosed rectangular porch. This has deeply moulded doorways in its 3 sides. Beyond the nave, but in line with its walls are the gabled transept facades each of 2 bays, with taller 2-light windows and spherical triangle above. The very short one bay chancel has a large 5-light window in its end wall. 3-stage tower with angle buttresses and 2-light belfry windows. Octagonal stone spire connected by flyers to the pinnacles and with tall lucarnes in the principal faces. The bottom stage forms an open porch with a palm vault with banded webbing. Tall doorway with deeply moulded arch surrounding door and cusped mandorla with stained glass. The church was prominently sited to form a landmark visible from Dobroyd Castle"
