A chapel first stood on this site in 1822, but the current (2016 on Street View) building dates from 1897. It was designed with its fairy-tale castle towers by Sutcliffe and Sutcliffe of Todmorden. Built of Ashlar stone, it has a slate roof. In 2016 it is in residential use.
It is a Grade II Listed Building and you can see a full description and picture here.
Grid Reference: SE 03526 23906
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A map showing the footprint of the 1897 chapel has been added.
Boulderclough. Bethel Methodist New Connexion chapel was built 1897 to replace a smaller building on the same site q.v.. By 1901 £3007 had been spent on the original construction and the subsequent enlargement of the chapel and school. A further £350. had been spent on purchasing an organ. The chapel seated 226 and the school 250. In 1940 the chapel seated 260 and there was one school hall and six other rooms. In 1970 both the school and the chapel seated 300 and there were five other rooms. The chapel was subsequently closed.
Sources:
Methodist New Connexion: Returns of Trust Estates as presented in Special Schedules, January 1901, Halifax South Circuit
OS 25 inch Yorkshire CCXXXII.11 1888, 1905
John Rylands Library University of Manchester, DDPD1 Methodist Church Buildings: Statistical returns including seating accommodation as at July 1st 1940/590 Elland, St Paul’s and Bethesda
The Methodist Church Department of Chapel Affairs, Statistical Returns, Part 1, 1972 Returns made 06.01.1970 27/10 Sowerby Bridge Circuit
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