---
title: "High Street URC, Wellingborough"
description: "Located in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. Built c.1875. Grade II*. Gothic Revival; ovoid plan style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","United Reformed Church","Northamptonshire","Wellingborough","Grade II*","Gothic Revival","E. Sharman"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/high-street-urc-wellingborough"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T03:03:51.019Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T20:33:30.749Z"
location: "Wellingborough, Northamptonshire"
country: "England"
county: "Northamptonshire"
town: "Wellingborough"
address: "High Street, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4HW"
postcode: "NN8 4HW"
built: "c.1875"
architect: "E. Sharman, to a plan by Caleb Archer; builder J. Boddington"
denomination: "United Reformed Church"
grade: "II*"
style: "Gothic Revival; ovoid plan"
materials: "Rusticated lias with ashlar dressings; truncated-cone roof"
website: "http://wellingboroughurc.org.uk/"
openingHours: "Monday to Friday 10am to 12 noon (except if there is a funeral). Can be opened at other times on request."
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1191513"
gridReference: "SP 889 680"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# High Street URC, Wellingborough

High Street United Reformed Church is a Grade II* former Congregational church on the east side of High Street, Wellingborough, built about 1875 to an unusual ovoid plan.

## Overview

Historic England records a Congregational church, now United Reformed, of about 1875 by E. Sharman to a plan by Caleb Archer, built by J. Boddington. The fabric is rusticated lias with ashlar dressings. Porches stand on the north, south and west axes, with a vestry hall attached to the east. The entrance front has a two-storey gabled porch with a pointed arch and paired detached columns with foliated capitals, and a three-light window with roundel and cusped tracery above. The roof is a truncated cone with central cast-iron railings around iron ventilator chimneys. Inside, a gallery stands on cast-iron columns; original seating and a Hill organ survive, and all windows have stained glass. Cast-iron sliding gates close the main porch.

Northamptonshire’s Historic Environment Record traces the cause to the ejection of vicar Thomas Andrews in 1662. A first meeting house in Silver Street was succeeded in 1746 by a building in Cheese Lane; the 1875 church followed the 1873 reunion of the Cheese Lane congregation with that of Salem Chapel, which had seceded in 1811.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1191513](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1191513)
- [British Listed Buildings: United Reformed Church, Wellingborough](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101191513-united-reformed-church-wellingborough)
- [Wellingborough URC](http://wellingboroughurc.org.uk/)