SE2429 : St Peter's church hall, Gildersome - Brudenell crest
taken 3 years ago, near to Gildersome, Leeds, England
The original church on the site, a chapel of ease to the parish of Batley, was erected in 1774. Following a fire in 1873 it was replaced in 1876 by a gothic revival church by Adams and Kelley, consecrated in 1887. A history of these older buildings is given on a local website Link
The Victorian building suffered serious subsidence problems in the 1970s (perhaps not surprisingly, as there was a coal pit nearby) and closed in 1981, being demolished in 1984. A replacement church designed by Bramhall Blenkharn Leonard of Malton was built in 1989-1992, and consecrated on 29 June 1992. The 'hall' part of the present complex was converted from the former Sunday school building dating from 1837.