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Richmond Green United Reformed Church

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OS grid reference
  
TQ6009776186

Denomination
  
United Reformed

Phone
  
+44 20 8894 4500

Architect
  
William Wallace

Country
  
United Kingdom

Previous denomination
  
Presbyterian

Designated as world heritage site
  
20 June 1997

Richmond Green United Reformed Church

Location
  
Quadrant Road, Little Green, Richmond, London

Former name(s)
  
Richmond Presbyterian Church

Address
  
Quadrant Road, Little Green, Richmond TW9 1DH, United Kingdom

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Richmond Green United Reformed Church was a church and congregation in Richmond, London from 1877 until 2015.

It was formed in 1877 as Richmond Presbyterian Church. The church was previously located on Little Green, close to Richmond Green, in a Grade II listed building designed in a Gothic Revival style by William Wallace in 1883 and built from 1884 to 1885. That building remains but has been adapted for residential use.

The church became a United Reformed Church (URC) in 1972, following the union of the Presbyterian Church of England and the Congregational Church of England and Wales.

From October 2006 the congregation of Richmond Green United Reformed Church met for worship in a new building in Quadrant Road, behind the previous church building. It was joined by members of the former East Sheen United Reformed Church, a congregation dating from the 17th century, which had previously been meeting in a building in Vernon Road, dating from 1902. Designed by F C Howgate and originally known as the Congregational Church, East Sheen, it was noted for its Doulton terracotta work and plaques. The London Borough of Richmond granted planning permission in March 2012 for the conversion of the first floor Sunday school building to provide five self-contained flats.

The church closed in September 2015 and the congregation was dispersed to other churches elsewhere in the local area. The building in Quadrant Road is now the property of Richmond upon Thames Council and used by Richmond Lending Library as an annex.

References

Richmond Green United Reformed Church Wikipedia