Meanwood Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Methodist chapel. 8 related planning applications.

Meanwood Methodist Church

WRENN ID
roaming-alcove-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds North East MP: Fabian Hamilton (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Methodist chapel
Address
Meanwood Methodist Church, Green Road, LS6 4HH
OS grid reference
SE 285 369
Coordinates
53.82812, -1.56711
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Meanwood Methodist Church is a Methodist chapel built in 1881 by architect William Hill, with an extension added in 1886 by the same architect. The church is constructed from Meanwood sandstone and Potternewton stone, topped with a slate roof. It is situated on a steeply-sloping site at the corner of Green Road and Monkbridge Road, designed in the Gothic Revival style.

The exterior features a plinth and a nave with an entrance lobby at the northeast end. There is an octagonal buttressed turret topped with a stone spire. The former Sunday School entrance is located at the west end of the Monkbridge Road facade, where the building is two storeys high. The chapel entrance includes six stone steps leading up to a board door set in an arched recess, with a round window above it in the tympanum. Flanking the entrance are lancet windows, and there is a tall three-light wheel window with lancets and quatrefoils, all under hoodmoulds. To the left of the entrance is the spire, and a second, narrower entrance is positioned far left. The nave features paired trefoil-headed windows, while the basement and southwest end have plainer openings.

Inside, the church boasts an impressive wide nave with six bays and an open roof, where the arched ribs have pierced panels. There is a round arch leading to the chancel, and a column with a pointed arch leading to the organ loft. The original pine pews, which have brass fittings, were cleaned around 1990, and the pulpit features quatrefoil panels and has been repositioned. The screen to the entrance lobby has been altered, and there is a gallery with a panelled front, along with stairs that have turned newels and balusters. The extensions were added to provide a minister's vestry and additional rooms for the Sunday School and meetings.

Local climate

Meanwood Methodist Church receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 2015
  • Related listed building consents — 8 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
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