Description

SE 10 NE HOLMFIRTH ROAD 5/152 (New Mill) 16.1.67 Lydgate Unitarian Chapel GV II

Formerly Presbyterian, now Unitarian chapel. 1695, remodelled 1768. Hammer dressed stone. Quoins. Slate roof with gable copings on carved kneelers. Gable frontage with cupola to apex with ball finial, and supported on 6 hexagonal columns. Central door with round arch with keystone and impost blocks. Small window to each side with similar detailing. Elevation of 3 windows with round arch with keystone and impost blocks and decorative glazing. Two Venetian windows to rear gable wall. Interior said to have early C19 wall memorials one dated 1814. Portion of box pew panelling inscribed John Armitage 1695. Oliver Heywood preached at the opening in 1695. 'Churches and Chapels of Kirklees', A Ronald Bielby, 1978.

Listing NGR: SE1593509145

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)