Boston Spa Methodist Church is an active

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church in

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, England. The church is

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, having been designated so on 30 April 1982.

History

The church dates from 1846 and was built to a design by Atkinson of York. The foundation stone was laid November 1846; the church dedicated October 1847. The debt incurred for construction of £1000 building debt was satisfied in 1863. The first preacher was George Macdonald who became grandfather to

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and

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Architecture

Exterior

The church is built of magnesian limestone and has a pitched Welsh slate roof and is of an Italianate style. The building has two storeys with the gable to the front. There are steps at the front. There is a small lean-to extension dating from 1986.

Interior

The fittings include pine box pews and a semi-octagonal pulpit. There is a round-arched recess for organ to the rear which contains a wooden organ by Harrison and Harrison.

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Boston Spa Methodist Church
Churches in Leeds Methodist churches in West Yorkshire Grade II listed churches in West Yorkshire 19th-century Methodist church buildings