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Latitude: 53.6452 / 53°38'42"N
Longitude: -1.7799 / 1°46'47"W
OS Eastings: 414648
OS Northings: 416539
OS Grid: SE146165
Mapcode National: GBR JV09.G1
Mapcode Global: WHCB1.MMNX
Plus Code: 9C5WJ6WC+32
Entry Name: Arts Centre Including Dwarf Wall Enclosing Queens Square
Listing Date: 11 June 1975
Last Amended: 29 September 1978
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1231218
English Heritage Legacy ID: 406294
ID on this website: 101231218
Location: Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, HD1
County: Kirklees
Electoral Ward/Division: Newsome
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Huddersfield
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Huddersfield St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Architectural structure
QUEEN STREET
1.
5113
(East Side)
Arts Centre, including
dwarf wall enclosing
Queen's Square
(formerly listed as
Queen Street Chapel)
SE 1416 NE 2/6 11.6.75.
II* GV
2.
1819. Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Ashlar. Pitched slate roof. 2 storeys.
6 ranges of sashes with marginal glazing bars, those on 1st floor round-arched
and set in concentric recessed panels row of blind oblong panels at mezzanine
level. Central 1st floor Venetian window, with blind balustrade (vase-shaped
balusters), Ionic columns, dentilled transom and fanlight, in tetrastyle Roman
Doric porch. Blind parapet with moulded cornice and pediment over central
5 bays, with oval oculis in tympanum. Flanking bays of one window range each,
1st floor windows as others, and doors with fielded panels, fanlights, moulded
surrounds and segmental pediments. Plaque inscribed "The Wesleyan Chapel
MDCCCXIX".
Queen's Square paved with stone flags. Dwarf wall in front with cast iron
railings which have both spear and vase finials. 3 pairs of gate piers with
panelled sides, moulded tops, and fluted urn finials.
Interior. Some good neo-classical monuments; especially that to George Wilson
(died 1837), signed by Walsh and Dunbar of Leeds, and those to the Rev Mark
Day (died 1823), Timothy Bentley of Lockwood (died 1830), and Mary Carr (died
1832), all signed by W Williams.
Listing NGR: SE1462616536
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