Padiham Road Methodist, Burnley
Padiham Road Methodist, Burnley
Padiham Road Methodist Church on Brassey Street, Burnley, Lancashire, is a former Primitive Methodist chapel of 1902–03, now a circuit church serving Ightenhill and the wider Burnley and Pendle Methodist Circuit.
- Location
- Burnley, Lancashire
- Country
- England
- County
- Lancashire
- City / town
- Burnley
- Address
- Brassey Street, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 8AD
- Postcode
- BB12 8AD
- Built
- 1902–03 as Jubilee Primitive Methodist Church; school enlarged 1907 and 1913; remodelled 1980s and 2014–15
- Architect
- John B Thornley of Darwen
- Denomination
- Methodist Church
- Parish
- Burnley and Pendle Methodist Circuit
- Style
- Late Gothic Revival chapel, later internally remodelled
- Opening hours
- Open Wednesday from 9.30am to 12noon and at many other times. Contact us for further details.
- Access
- Accessible toilets in church. Level access throughout
Overview
Architects of Greater Manchester records tenders in April 1902 for a Primitive Methodist church and schools on Padiham Road to designs by John B. Thornley of Darwen. Burnley Civic Trust notes that the building opened in 1903 as Jubilee Primitive Methodist Church at a cost of about £8,000, on land leased from Lord Shuttleworth. The Sunday school was enlarged in 1907 and classrooms added in 1913. About twenty years before 1984, Claremont Methodist Church merged with this congregation to form Ightenhill Methodist Church. In 1984 a £69,000 scheme removed the tower above its base, replaced decaying sandstone window surrounds and lowered the ceiling, creating a new entrance from Brassey Street.
The circuit website and National Churches Trust record a further redevelopment in 2014–15 that provided level access throughout, removed the pews for a multifunctional hall, and opened floor-level windows. The building is not on the National Heritage List for England. It remains in regular use, with a community cafe on Wednesdays.