Wooldale Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1982. A C19 Chapel. 2 related planning applications.

Wooldale Methodist Church

WRENN ID
dusted-jamb-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1982
Type
Chapel
Address
Wooldale Methodist Church, Wooldale Road, Holme Valley, HD9 1QJ
OS grid reference
SE 152 088
Coordinates
53.57628, -1.77094
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wooldale Methodist Church is a chapel built around 1830, with an addition made between 1880 and 1890. The building is constructed from hammer dressed stone, with the addition featuring pitch faced stone. It has a stone slate roof, with blue slates used on the addition. The church has gable copings and ashlar stacks.

The main hall is a simple structure with five bays, which includes four round arched windows that have keystones and impost blocks. There is a stone porch at the end bay, featuring a moulded cornice and blocking course. The later addition is oriented at a right angle and consists of a six-bay hall with round arched windows.

The gable front has a stepped and scrolled parapet, topped with a scrolled pediment at the apex, and ball finials on the kneelers. There is a central oculus with a hood mould and keystone, along with a central three-light round headed window, flanked by single round headed lights on each side, all featuring marginal coloured glazing and a continuous hood mould.

Local climate

Wooldale Methodist Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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