Longholme Methodist Church

Longholme Methodist Church is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built between 1841 and 1842 by James Simpson of Leeds. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a low-pitched slate roof. The building has a rectangular plan measuring five by six bays and stands two storeys tall in a symmetrical Greek Revival style.

The entrance is accentuated by a tetrastyle Ionic portico with a pediment, which is approached by five low steps. There are tall double doorways located in the second and fifth bays, along with three windows at the ground floor, all framed with architraves that are shouldered at the ground level. The corners and side walls are pilastered, and both floors feature round-headed windows, with the upper windows having an impost band and archivolts.

Inside, the church originally had an oval gallery that extended around the entire space, with the pulpit located on the ground floor and the organ above at the west end. However, the interior has been altered; the ground floor has been ceiled to create a hall below and a church above, although most of the original raked and curved gallery benches remain. Historically, this church served as the center of the Rawtenstall Wesleyan Methodist circuit.