Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Rossendale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1984. Church.
Methodist Church
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-brick-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rossendale
- Constituency
- Hyndburn MP: Sarah Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1984
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Methodist Church, Manchester Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 787 230
- Coordinates
- 53.70322, -2.32412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Methodist Church, built in 1857 and altered and enlarged in 1883, is located on Manchester Road in Haslingden. It is constructed of rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof with a ridge ventilator. The church has a nave with a chancel and transepts, with the north transept connected to a gabled crosswing known as the Memorial Hall. Designed in the Gothic style, it includes Perpendicular tracery in the windows and a pierced parapet.
The east gable facing the road has diagonal buttresses, a first-floor band, and crocketed apex pinnacles. In the center, there is a large moulded Perpendicular-style doorway, topped by a large five-light transomed window. Flanking these are two octagonal turrets, which are square at ground level and feature embattled bellcotes above the parapet, finished with crocketed pinnacles. The outer bays contain a smaller door and a first-floor window. The five-bay side walls are adorned with gableted buttresses that have weatherings and two-light transomed windows. The chancel and transepts match the overall style, with a large five-light west window in the chancel.
Inside, there is a three-sided gallery with a pierced Gothic-style front, supported by octagonal iron columns that have panelled faces and moulded caps. The west end of the gallery is now enclosed by a glazed screen. The chancel, added in 1883, features a moulded arch with ball-flower ornament, a marble reredos screen arcade, and a carved wooden organ case. Most of these furnishings, including a now-missing screen, were donated in 1885 by the family of James Stott of Sykeside House, Rawtenstall Road.
Local climate
Methodist Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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