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Otley Methodist Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Otley, Leeds

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.9056 / 53°54'20"N

Longitude: -1.6904 / 1°41'25"W

OS Eastings: 420438

OS Northings: 445534

OS Grid: SE204455

Mapcode National: GBR JRM8.TQ

Mapcode Global: WHC8Y.03B7

Plus Code: 9C5WW845+6R

Entry Name: Otley Methodist Church

Listing Date: 30 April 1982

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1250558

English Heritage Legacy ID: 432968

ID on this website: 101250558

Location: Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS21

County: Leeds

Civil Parish: Otley

Built-Up Area: Otley

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Otley All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description


BOROUGHGATE
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Otley Methodist Church
SE 2045 1/260
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C.1870 an imposing town chapel, built of fine ashlar. Monumental Italianate classical
front of 5 bays with Palladian motife of interpenetrating pediment over side bays and 3
bay centre piece projecting with heavy moulded and bracketed pediment. 3 bay arcade to
ground floor, archivolt arches with Doric columns engaged in jambs, panelled spandrels.
Deep entablature and applied parapet to "piano mobile" with coupled quoin pilasters
stay to main entablature. Triple arcade of windows to 1st floor, the centre taller, coupled
pilaster jambs and keyed archivolt arches. The pediment has an oculus in scroll supported
frame, acroterion on flanking dies and crowning vase 7 bay side elevations of rock faced
"brick" with dentil cornice pediment, with similarly framed oculus to that on front, over
centre 3 bays of each side. Fine interior with full oval gallery on cast iron foliate
capped columns. Pierced wide pattern, decorating the low fronted pulpit centred in front
of organ loft end of gallery. Box pews focused in radial curve on pulpit. Good plasterwork
to compartmented ceiling. The whole is richly painted in white blue and gold.


Listing NGR: SE2043845534

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