Wesleyan Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1999. Church. 1 related planning application.

Wesleyan Methodist Church

WRENN ID
calm-slate-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1999
Type
Church
Address
Wesleyan Methodist Church, Cautley Road, Sedbergh, Westmorland and Furness, LA10 5LY
OS grid reference
SD 689 941
Coordinates
54.34207, -2.47932
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, dated 1845, is a Methodist chapel located on Cautley Road in Sedbergh. It is constructed from coursed roughly-squared sandstone rubble, featuring a dressed plinth and quoins, and has a graduated green slate roof. The chapel has a rectangular single-cell plan, measuring approximately 9 by 6 metres, with a small lean-to extension added to the north gable.

The building is a single storey with two symmetrical windows. The central entrance features a round-headed doorway flanked by squared monolithic pilasters, with moulded imposts and a keystone. Attached to the doorway is a 20th-century electric lamp. The double doors consist of two vertical panels each and have an altered fanlight above. The round-headed windows match the doorway's surrounds and contain 4-pane glazing with hinged fanlights. Above the entrance, there is a stone plaque inscribed with "METHODIST / CHAPEL / A.D. 1845". The chapel also has a moulded gutter cornice and a small set-back lean-to at the right-hand end, which includes a doorway and a brick corner chimney. The rear of the building features two plain round-headed windows. The interior has not been inspected. This chapel is a good example of its type and date.

Local climate

Wesleyan Methodist Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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