Scapegoat Hill Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Church.

Scapegoat Hill Baptist Church

WRENN ID
hushed-merlon-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 1985
Type
Church
Address
Scapegoat Hill Baptist Church, School Road
OS grid reference
SE 087 165
Coordinates
53.64554, -1.86872
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Scapegoat Hill Baptist Church, built in 1899, is constructed from hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings and quoins, topped with a pitched blue slate roof. The church features coped gables with a finial on the south side and carved footstones, along with stone brackets on a string course. It is two storeys tall.

On the south elevation, the facade is divided into three bays by two coursed stone piers that rise to the gable, topped with moulded ashlar copings and large ball and stalk finials. The ground floor has a central doorway flanked by ashlar pilasters and an architrave, with two fanlights above, each surrounded by ashlar and featuring rounded heads. Above the fanlights is a frieze and pediment. On either side of the door are small single lights with rounded heads. The outer bays each contain a single light with quoins and heads that have rounded reveals and small cornices above.

On the first floor, there is a large central Venetian window with a moulded ashlar hood and a carved keystone above the central light, with single lights and pediments on either side. The gable apex features a central section in ashlar with three string courses and an inscription that reads: "SCAPEGOAT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH ERECTED AD 1899." Above this is a decorated carved ashlar pediment with scrolls and two 'fielded' panels, capped with a ball and stalk finial.

The west elevation has six single lights on each floor, all with segmental arched heads and pronounced sills. The east elevation mirrors the west, featuring five single lights and an entrance at basement level.

Inside, the church has a continuous gallery with a panelled front supported by slender iron columns. There is a carved pulpit accessed by twin flights of steps, and the organ and choir are located at the front end of the gallery.

Local climate

Scapegoat Hill Baptist Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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