Empty building on Sagar Street, Castleford
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The photograph on this page of Empty building on Sagar Street, Castleford by Christine Johnstone as part of the Geograph project.
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Empty building on Sagar Street, Castleford
Image: © Christine Johnstone Taken: 12 Mar 2025
It has deteriorated since the Jehovah's Witnesses stopped using it as a Kingdom Hall Image The plans to convert it into a community hub have not come to fruition yet. It looks as if it was built in the first half of the 19th century and appears to be on the large-scale OS map surveyed in 1848. If so it must be one of the oldest buildings in Castleford, but it is not listed as a historic building. Is it Castleford's first Wesleyan Chapel, which was opened in 1815, with an entrance on Sagar Street?
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Image Location
Latitude
53.726847
Longitude
-1.351882