Armley Hall Road United Methodist Free Church
Armley, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Hall Road, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
This chapel, in Hall Road Armley, Leeds, was designed by Walter Hanstock (1842-1900) of Batley. It was intended to be built in Leeds red pressed facing bricks with park Spring ashlar dressings, with a roof of blue slate. The internal fittings were to be pitch pine and mahogany. The size of the chapel was 57 ft by 44 ft, with a height of 26 ft. The cost of the building was to be £2,653.
The building opened in 1900, and could accommodate 550 in 1940.
The chapel is now closed, and converted into flats.
It would be good to hear whether the finished building bore any resemblance to this splendid drawing. I particular like the depiction of more than one social class of United Methodist. Following Gary Jordan’s suggestion, it appears that it is as splendid in reality.
Grid Ref: SE271333
Reference:
The Building News Vol.76, 1899 p357
Statistical returns … as at July 1st 1940. Manchester: Methodist Church, Department of Chapel Affairs, 1947
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Thank you for this: it appears that “Hallelujah” is now being shown on Rewind TV.
The building was used by Yorkshire Television in the early 1980s as the prime filming location for the TV sit-com Hallelujah which starred Thora Hird.
It later was used as a carpet warehouse.
To see what it looks like today I suggest looking on Google Maps. It is on the Hall Road junction with Colton St.
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