The Methodist Centre is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Community centre. 1 related planning application.
The Methodist Centre
- WRENN ID
- weathered-loft-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds North East MP: Fabian Hamilton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1976
- Type
- Community centre
- Address
- The Methodist Centre, Town Street, LS7 4NB
- OS grid reference
- SE 306 370
- Coordinates
- 53.82905, -1.53644
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Methodist Centre is a former Wesleyan Sunday school, now serving as a community centre. It was originally built in 1794, converted into a school in 1878, and underwent alterations in the 20th century. The building is constructed of ashlar stone and features a slate hipped roof. It is two storeys high and has three rows of seven round-arched windows.
The entrance is located at the gable and consists of panelled double doors topped with a fanlight, all set within a shallow porch supported by Tuscan columns that hold up a moulded triangular pediment. On either side of the entrance are four-pane sash windows with stone aprons below, while above are taller eight-pane sashes. The building has a moulded stone eaves cornice, and the triangular pediment over the slightly projecting central three-window section displays a circular stone plaque with raised lettering that reads: 'WESLEYAN/ SUNDAY SCHOOL/ 1878'. The returns feature sashes with glazing bars on the ground floor and eight-pane sashes above. The interior has not been inspected. The original Wesleyan chapel was built on this site in 1794, and a new church was constructed in 1874 on Harrogate Road, which has since been demolished.
Local climate
The Methodist Centre receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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