lost churches

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Tue 05 Feb, 2008 10:00 am

carrotol wrote: I remember reading a while ago that Mikes Carpets (another old chapel) was up for auction. I wonder what happened? The council are desperate to get rid of this guy. Although the building has been listed he carry's no work to have it restored. Such a shame

Si · Post by Si » Tue 05 Feb, 2008 10:14 am

You're right, Simon. The place seems to get tattier everytime I pass. You'd think he'd be embarrassed having a faded sign hanging off the wall that proclaims it's "famous" and "as seen on TV."

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Tue 05 Feb, 2008 10:38 am

There is now underway the whole west Leeds Gateway regeneration. Millions of pounds are to be sepent in the immediate Armley area and West Leeds as a whole. Mikes carpets is going to feel some pretty serious heat in the coming months and GOOD!! The whole Armley Town St area is to be massivley redeveloped and he will find it hard to, either leave or put some serious money into the building!! Bout bloody time as well I say!!

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Tue 05 Feb, 2008 4:41 pm

'Ear 'ear! Simon lad! BUT we hope they make a better fist of itthan the Shambles that is now Bramley Town St and Centre!Letter in the EP last night on the same subject saying that theymanaged to preserve most of the older stone-built buildings in Horsforth, with the new stuff, so keeping the unique characterof the original community.I think people are more aware nowadays as to what can happento places without prior consultation!Back to Mike's rugs! The old recall machine has kicked in onceagain and I've remembered sitting for my RED CROSS ambulancefirst aid certificate (practical and written!) in that very church building, aged 11 in 1941! Yes, I passed!(Boy's Brigade Exam).TheCasualty Dept at LGI was overwhelmed with heavily bandaged'patients' afterwards! Poor sods couldn't get my dressings and slings off! No mouth to mouth respiration in those days either!You had to apply the Shaeffer method and nearly wrenchthe blokes arms out of their sockets!LOL!Don't you think Mike will be 'bought off' with a tidy cheque,irrespective of the state of the building?Arry

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 05 Feb, 2008 9:28 pm

arry awk wrote: 'Ear 'ear! Simon lad! BUT we hope they make a better fist of itthan the Shambles that is now Bramley Town St and Centre!Letter in the EP last night on the same subject saying that theymanaged to preserve most of the older stone-built buildings in Horsforth, with the new stuff, so keeping the unique characterof the original community.I think people are more aware nowadays as to what can happento places without prior consultation!Back to Mike's rugs! The old recall machine has kicked in onceagain and I've remembered sitting for my RED CROSS ambulancefirst aid certificate (practical and written!) in that very church building, aged 11 in 1941! Yes, I passed!(Boy's Brigade Exam).TheCasualty Dept at LGI was overwhelmed with heavily bandaged'patients' afterwards! Poor sods couldn't get my dressings and slings off! No mouth to mouth respiration in those days either!You had to apply the Shaeffer method and nearly wrenchthe blokes arms out of their sockets!LOL!Don't you think Mike will be 'bought off' with a tidy cheque,irrespective of the state of the building?Arry Oh yes bought off,but dont be surprised if the chapel and all the buildings on that side of the road up to th tile showroom arent bulldozed.Theres a need to widen the road there,and like it or not the chapel that Mikes carpets inhabits is not a unique example of its type.

FarnleyBloke · Post by **FarnleyBloke** » Wed 06 Feb, 2008 3:39 pm

I'm pretty certain it went to auction (mikes carpets) but didn't meet the reserve price of £500,000. I remember that Mike was pretty peeved about it.

Crazy Jane · Post by **Crazy Jane** » Fri 08 Feb, 2008 10:23 pm

Quote: Please help me with the small Chapel or whatever it was on the left hand side after you pass Seacroft Grange going up towards the Windmill - I have seen it and now can't find it? You're not thinking of Seacroft Methodist Church are you? Sort of set back from the road but you could see it through a gap in the rows of houses and stuff in front?Used to be home to the 24th Leeds Boys/Girls Brigade. Still there as far as i know...Does anyone remember what that old wooden church on Brudenell Road was called? It was closed as a church when i was up that way cira late 80s, but was hired out... this completely barking israeli guy used to teach kyushinkai karate there. They pulled it down a few years back and put up a mosque in it's place

exploringleeds · Post by **exploringleeds** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 12:00 pm

Hi all,I'm currently working on a project to compare and contrast 29 buildings over 25 years of history. The buildings were originally listed in a Save Britain's Heritage report in 1986 and I am basically following up and sharing photos and details of what happened next for these buildings.However I have one building I can't track down the location of - the former Meadow Lane Methodist Chapel. I've only managed to find two photos of it - one shown in the 1986 report and one on Leodis from an odd angle. Neither photo gives a good placement for it. I think it was more commonly referred to as the Wesleyan Chapel and probably came down when ASDA house was built - can anyone help confirming this and give me a better understanding of where the building stood?Much appreciated,Alex

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 1:33 pm

Hi Exploringleeds. The1906 Godfrey South Leeds Map ( 218.06 ) shows this chapel as being on the west side of Meadow Lane at it's north end, just south of the still extant Red Lion pub. There was a separate Sunday School building between the pub and the chapel. Hopefully one of our contributors - with abilities I have not yet acquired! - will post the appropriate section of the map for you.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 4:12 pm

Crazy Jane wrote: Does anyone remember what that old wooden church on Brudenell Road was called? It was closed as a church when i was up that way cira late 80s, but was hired out... this completely barking israeli guy used to teach kyushinkai karate there. They pulled it down a few years back and put up a mosque in it's place I knew it as a carpet warehouse.It was an example of an early 20th century corrugated iron prefab church, early flatpack, usually bought and and erected by the congregation. It had pretty much rotted away before demolition. IIRC some really good examples have been preserved in wales. They are usually methodist churches.