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Trinity Methodist Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Mirfield, Kirklees

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Latitude: 53.6738 / 53°40'25"N

Longitude: -1.6918 / 1°41'30"W

OS Eastings: 420460

OS Northings: 419745

OS Grid: SE204197

Mapcode National: GBR JTMY.JS

Mapcode Global: WHC9W.ZXKH

Plus Code: 9C5WM8F5+G7

Entry Name: Trinity Methodist Church

Listing Date: 3 July 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1300357

English Heritage Legacy ID: 340812

ID on this website: 101300357

Location: Mirfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, WF14

County: Kirklees

Civil Parish: Mirfield

Built-Up Area: Mirfield

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Mirfield Team Parish

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

Tagged with: Protestant church building

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Description


MIRFIELD UD HUDDERSFIELD ROAD
SE 21 NW (Mirfield)

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Trinity Methodist Church

G.V. II


Large Methodist Chapel. Dated 1877. Ashlar front with rock-faced
sides. Hipped slate roof. 2 storeys. 5-bay gabled front, 6-bay
sides. At the front the central 3 bays break forward and are
surmounted by open pediment with bracketed cornice. Bold eaves
cornice to flanking bays. Corners and central break marked by giant
pilasters with highly elaborate foliated capitals. 1st floor cornice.
3 central round-arched doorways up 7 steps with flanking iron rail on
dwarf wall. Double doors with 6 fielded panels and semi-circular
fanlights. Enriched impost band with foliage, fruit and birds.
Above is a triple group of round arched windows with square headed
lights, blind tympana and colonnettes with enriched capitals.
Elongated and enriched keystones. Above is raised capitals is
TRINITY 1877 CHURCH. Flanking bays have round-arched windows with
enriched impost band. Round-arched windows to side elevations, and
square-headed basement windows. Marginal glazing.
Enrichments are particularly elaborate with a high standard of carving.

Interior: Horseshoe, raking gallery, with panelled front, on slender
cast iron columns with foliated and floral capitals. Good organ case
at front flanked by paired pilasters with elaborate foliated and floral
capitals. Good large pulpit with stair to each side. Communion
area in front flanked by choir stalls. Pews arranged to focus on
pulpit. Ceiling divided into large panels with centre roses and
elaborate plaster ribs. Dentilled and bracketed'cornice.

A. R. Bielby, Churches & Chapels of Kirklees, 1974.


Listing NGR: SE2046019745

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