The Old Chapel, Idle
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The Old Chapel, Idle
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 4 Apr 2021
This building standing in the triangular junction of Westfield Lane and Town Lane was built in 1630 as a chapel of ease to Calverley parish, but not consecrated until 1692 and prior to this date used by non-conformist congregations as well, an unusual case (from EH listing). From 1830 it was superseded for regular worship by Holy Trinity parish church nearby and became the Sunday School. The font was taken to the new church Image As of 1968 it was leased to Idle Parish Council for use by the Scouts and Guides; when the listing was written in 1983 it was a YMCA community centre, but is currently used by the Yorkshire School of Performing Arts as a drama school and has been since at least 2007 Image Listed grade II* (list entry 1133673).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.837326
Longitude
-1.732969