the building originated as egremont presbyterian church. in 1862–63 the local presbyterians built their first church in king street. it was in neoclassical style and could accommodate a congregation of 600. at the beginning of the 20th century it was decided to build the present church, which is larger and on a different site. this was designed by briggs, wolstenholme and thornley, and the foundation stone was laid by lord balfour of burleigh on 18 april 1907. the church cost £19,000, it can accommodate 1,000 people, and it opened for worship in 1908. the church hall was added in 1910. in 1972 the presbyterian church of england and the congregational church in england and wales joined to form the united reformed church, and the church became egremont united reformed church. in 1994 it united with trinity methodist church and became the manor church centre. it was closed around 2011.