Methodist Church and Retaining Wall with Gate and Steps is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. A C19 Church.
Methodist Church and Retaining Wall with Gate and Steps
- WRENN ID
- scattered-roof-sable
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Methodist Church and Retaining Wall with Gate and Steps, Stainburn Lane, Leathley
- OS grid reference
- SE 234 471
- Coordinates
- 53.92028, -1.64471
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Methodist Church, built in 1826, is constructed from coursed gritstone and features a stone slate roof. The main entrance has central 20th-century panelled double doors, which are flanked by large 30-light sash windows, all with plain surrounds. Above the door, there is a square plaque inscribed with the date 'MDCCCXXVI' and a quotation from Matthew 24 verse 14. The building has a hipped roof and a stack located at the rear left corner. Surrounding the church are ramped retaining walls on the south and east sides, and there is a square-headed gateway on the north side that features a 20th-century board door with decorative hinges. This gate is accessed by a flight of three semicircular stone steps that include an iron boot-scraper.
Inside, the church retains its original panelled wooden sloping pews arranged around a central stepped aisle. There is a wooden panelled pulpit with a handrail and steps, as well as a communion rail. The north wall features dado panelling and choir benches, and there is a corner fireplace that has been blocked off.
Local climate
Methodist Church and Retaining Wall with Gate and Steps receives an average of 860 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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