St Chad's Church, Far Headingley
St Chad's Church, Far Headingley is the parish church of Far Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The church is Grade II* listed in Gothic Revival style.[1] The dedication is to Chad of Mercia, who was bishop of York and died in AD 672. It is set back from the busy Otley Road, with a cricket field and the parish war memorial (Grade II listed) nearer the road.
| St Chad's Church, Far Headingley | |
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 View of church from the East | |
  St Chad's Church, Far Headingley Church location shown within West Yorkshire | |
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| Location | Otley Road, Far Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS165JT |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Dedication | St Chad |
| Consecrated | 1868 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Parish church |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* listed |
| Architect(s) | Edmund Beckett Denison and W H Crossland |
| Architectural type | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1868, modified 1911 |
| Construction cost | £10,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Spire height | 186 feet (57 m) |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Leeds |
| Province | Province of York |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | The Revd Tony Whatmough |
| Vicar(s) | The Revd Hannah Lievesley |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Gill Griggs, Abbie Palmer, and Bryan Turnbull |
| Organist(s) | Richard Wilson |
| Churchwarden(s) | Helen Cruickshank and Alison Gallant |
History
The church was built in 1868, on land given by the Beckett family of Kirkstall Grange who paid £10,000 towards it. The architects were Edmund Beckett Denison and W. H. Crossland.[2] The spire is 186 feet (57 m) high.[3]
In 1909-11 it was modified, removing the octagonal apse and replacing it with a rectangular chancel and adding a Lady chapel and an organ chamber to the sides.[2] The organ was also built at this time, to fit into the new space. It was constructed by Harrison & Harrison of Durham, rebuilt in 1988 with electric power and refurbished in 2011, along with a reordering of the church interior.[4] The Creation window above the altar was designed and made by M. E. Aldrich Rope in 1922.[1][2]
In 2002 the Lady Chapel was renamed the Chapel of St Oswald, when St Oswald's church in Meanwood closed. A glass partition was installed.[5]
St Chad's has won an "Eco-congregation" award,[6] and in November 2007 the church won the Church Times national award for biodiversity in recognition of its wildlife-friendly churchyard.[7]
Use in television
The church has been used on multiple occasions by Yorkshire Television as a filming location including for Fat Friends and At Home with the Braithwaites.
West side and graveyard
Lady chapel
Porch and main door
Creation window
References
- Historic England. "Church of St Chad (1375301)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- Wrathmell, Susan; Minnis, John (2005). Leeds. Pevsner architectural guides. Yale U.P. pp. 260–262. ISBN 0-300-10736-6.
- Arthur Mee (1941) The King's England: Yorkshire - West Riding (Hodder & Stoughton, London) p. 179
- "The Organ at St. Chad's". stchads.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- "The Lady Chapel / Chapel of St. Oswald". stchads.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- "Ecocongregation". Retrieved 18 January 2008.
- "The greenest of them all". Church Times. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
External links
Media related to St Chad's Church, Far Headingley at Wikimedia Commons