Norcliffe Chapel

The chapel was built at a cost of nearly £308 in 1822–23 (). It was paid for by Samuel Greg, the founder and owner of Quarry Bank Mill, and was for the use of his workers. Greg was a Unitarian but many of his workers were Baptists. The chapel originally served the latter denomination, but since 1833 it has been Unitarian. A chancel, a porch, buttresses, and a plinth were added, the door was moved, the flat roof was replaced by a pitched roof, Gothic-style windows containing stained glass were inserted, and a larger bellcote was built. The improvements cost £1,000. Robert Hyde Greg died in 1878, and in the following year a trust was set up to administer the chapel. In 1906 a council room and…

Norcliffe Chapel is built in brick on a stone plinth with stone dressings, and has a roof of Kerridge stone-slate with a stone ridge. It consists of a five-bay nave, a three-bay chancel, a southeast porch and a council (or club) room to the north. The bays are divided by buttresses, and each bay contains a pair of lancet windows in a rectangular surround. The east window has three lights, with a rose window in its apex. The porch is timber-framed, open and gabled. On the ridge of the nave is a square open bellcote with a pyramidal roof. Inside the church are memorials to the Greg family. There is also a font that was designed by Henry Russell Greg. The chapel was designated as a Grade II…