12 Market Street, (formerly United Methodist Free Church) is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1979. Former chapel. 3 related planning applications.

12 Market Street, (formerly United Methodist Free Church)

WRENN ID
second-stair-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1979
Type
Former chapel
Address
12 Market Street, (formerly United Methodist Free Church), Wf1 1 Dh, WF1 1DH
OS grid reference
SE 330 206
Coordinates
53.68137, -1.5005
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

12 Market Street, formerly the United Methodist Free Church, is a large classical building constructed in 1858, designed by architect James Simpson of Leeds. The building was sold to the Post Office in 1935 and was converted into a nightclub in the early 21st century.

The structure features a pedimented five-bay front facing Market Street, built from red brick with ashlar quoins and dressings. The facade is adorned with four giant Corinthian order pilasters that support an entablature and the pediment. On the first floor, there are three windows with segmental heads and keystoned architraves, positioned between the pilasters and rising from an impost stringcourse. The ground floor includes a central window with a plain architrave and two doorways with segmental pediments flanking it, although one doorway has been reduced to a window. The south side elevation, which faces Albion Court, consists of six bays featuring tall segmental-headed windows on the first floor, similar to those on the front, and low sash windows with glazing bars below.

Local climate

12 Market Street, (formerly United Methodist Free Church) receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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