Northumberland Square, Church of St. Columba

Non-conformist church. 1853-8 by John Dobson for the Anti-Burgher Society, later Presbyterian. Sandstone ashlar central block, brick wings. Welsh slate roof. L-plan. Palladian style. Basement and two storeys. Central recessed double door under canopy. Half-glazed door and overlight in fifth bay. Sash windows. Banded brick chimneys {1}. An example of Dobson's use of "Renaissance classicism" in the last decade of his work. St. Columba's Presbyterian church was built 1856-7. It was integrated into Northumberland Square by its plainer wings of brick, but had a "particularly dignified" stone façade. Five bays with Tuscan half columns and at the angles pilasters supported an entablature below cornice and balustrade, standing on a rusticated base {2}. LISTED GRADE 2