| Description | Central Methodist Church, Daisy Hill, Dewsbury.
'Chapel. 1839. Recent internal alterations. Ashlar with rustication to ground floor, rock faced plinth, hammer dressed stone sides. 2 storeys with string course. 5 bay facade, the upper floor being framed in wide flat Tuscan pilasters. Frieze, moulded eaves cornice and blocking course, the centre of which is raised and has the word WESLEYAN in raised capitals. Five round arched 1st floor windows with marginal glazing. Outer ground floor windows the same with apron. Central ground floor window of stained glass and with memorial apron to 1st World War. Symmetrically placed double, panelled doors with semi circular fanlight. Small flight of stone steps to each. Central tablet reads 'CENTENARY CHAPEL'. 6 bay side elevations with 1st floor windows as before, and square headed ground floor windows all with marginal glazing. To the left, a further 2 bays with hipped roof'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date 03/07/1985. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1134733. Web site accessed 29/11/2013).
The Daisy Hill chapel was the subject of a planning application in 2004 for 'LBC for removal of remaining ground floor pews (within a conservation area)' (Kirklees Council planning reference number 2004/65/93197/E2). The developer's justification statement which contains copies of photographic prints is held by WYAAS (Anon. 2004).
Peter Thornborrow (WYAS) provided the consultation response. Thornborrow describes the chapel as a fine town centre chapel set within its own grounds. It is faced with ashlar with a five bay symmetrical facade which plays an important part in the street scene of this conservation area. There is a fine example 1920s stained glass window centrally place in the facade, which is a war memorial featuring Rossetti’s painting 'The Light of the World' made by Abbot and Co Ltd of Lancaster. At the time of consultation, the prayer meeting hall was partly filled with pitch pine pews (probably 19th century) set in an oxbow shape reflecting the gallery above. The gallery has a decorated front which is supported on slender columns. In the application, the exterior of the church would not be change and as the chapel would remain in religious use, Thornborrow had no objection to the application but recommended that a photographic record be made of the building prior to development (Thornborrow, P.H. (WYAS). 2004). |