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St Andrew's Roundhay
St Andrew's Roundhay United Reformed Church
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St Andrew's Roundhay, from Shaftesbury Avenue
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OS grid reference SE 321 383
Location Shaftesbury Avenue, Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Country England
Denomination United Reformed Church
Website St Andrew's Roundhay
History
Status Nonconformist Church
Dedication Saint Andrew
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 5 August 1976
Architect(s) W H Beevers
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Completed 1908
Specifications
Materials Stone, tile roofs
Administration
Parish St Andrew's Roundhay United Reformed Church

St Andrew's Roundhay is in Shaftesbury Avenue, Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is an active United Reformed Church. The church and Sunday school is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II listed building.

History

St Andrew's Roundhay was built as Roundhay Congregational Church and designed by the architect W H Beevers in Gothic Revival style. The foundation stone of the first School Church was laid in November 1901. The Church was formally constituted in February 1902 with 29 members. The foundation stone of the present church was laid in 1907 and the church was opened in 1908.

In 1972 the church became St Andrew's Roundhay United Reformed Church.

Architecture

The church is constructed in rock-faced gritstone and has a red tile roof. The three-stage tower is tall but slim. The Sunday school is attached to the north end of the church. The church has a five-bay nave with open timber roof and wooden panelling. The east window depicts the parable of the Good Samaritan and is dated 1907.

International relations

St Andrew's Roundhay has a partnership with the Lutherkirche in Frankenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate and the Martinskirche in Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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