Denby Dale Wesleyan Methodist Church
DENBY DALE WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, CUMBERWORTH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1135295
- Date first listed:
- 30-Apr-1982
- List Entry Name:
- Denby Dale Wesleyan Methodist Church
- Statutory Address:
- DENBY DALE WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, CUMBERWORTH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1135295
- Date first listed:
- 30-Apr-1982
- List Entry Name:
- Denby Dale Wesleyan Methodist Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- DENBY DALE WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, CUMBERWORTH LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- DENBY DALE WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, CUMBERWORTH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Kirklees (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Denby Dale
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 22789 08622
Details
SE 20 NW CUMBERWORTH LANE Denby Dale 4/27 Denby Dale Wesleyan Methodist Church 30/4/82 II Wesleyan Methodist Church. Built 1799 and enlarged 1859. Circa 1900 refurbishment. Hammer dressed stone. Stone slate roof. Two storeys. 5-bay pediment gabled front. Tablet in tympanum reads: WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL BUILT AD 1799 ENLARGED AD 1859
3-bay arcaded ashlar applied doorcase, probably of 1859, with Corinthian pilasters, paired to corners, full entablature and blocking course. Shallow steps to two round-arched doorways with double, fielded panel doors. Central window. Round-arched windows with square jambs and good c.1900 stained and leaded glass. 3-bay sides have straight joint indicating the 1859 one-bay addition to rear. Later apsidal end.
Interior: Refurbished in 1978. Church now at gallery level with raking pine pews. Plaster mouldings to ceiling with elaborate cornice and centre rose. Hall at lower level.
Listing NGR: SE2278908622
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 341296
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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