Denby Dale Wesleyan Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1982. Church. 1 related planning application.

Denby Dale Wesleyan Methodist Church

WRENN ID
quartered-bastion-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1982
Type
Church
Address
Denby Dale Wesleyan Methodist Church, Cumberworth Lane, HD8 8QS
OS grid reference
SE 227 086
Coordinates
53.57373, -1.65733
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Denby Dale Wesleyan Methodist Church is a Wesleyan Methodist Church built in 1799 and enlarged in 1859, with a refurbishment around 1900. The church is constructed of hammer dressed stone and features a stone slate roof. It is two storeys high with a five-bay pediment gabled front. A tablet in the tympanum states: "WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL BUILT AD 1799 ENLARGED AD 1859."

The entrance has a three-bay arcaded ashlar applied doorcase, likely from 1859, which includes Corinthian pilasters at the corners, a full entablature, and a blocking course. There are shallow steps leading to two round-arched doorways with double, fielded panel doors, and a central window. The round-arched windows, which have square jambs, feature good stained and leaded glass dating from around 1900. The three-bay sides show a straight joint that indicates the one-bay addition made to the rear in 1859, and there is a later apsidal end.

Inside, the church was refurbished in 1978, and now has a gallery level with raking pine pews. The ceiling features plaster mouldings with an elaborate cornice and a central rose. There is also a hall at the lower level.

Local climate

Denby Dale Wesleyan Methodist Church receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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