Square Chapel
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The Square Chapel in Halifax, West Yorkshire
, England
, was designed by Thomas Bradley and James Kershaw
at the instigation of Titus Knight, a local preacher. Construction started in 1772, and the chapel was visited by John Wesley
in July of that year.
The Congregationalist
chapel was typical of Nonconformist design in offering an uninterrupted view of the preacher, having no internal supporting structures. As its name suggests, the chapel has a square base. Untypically for the Calderdale
region, it was built of red brick rather than local stone.
Since 1992, the chapel has been used as an arts centre.
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, was designed by Thomas Bradley and James Kershaw
James Kershaw
James Kershaw was a British cotton mill owner and and Liberal MP, associated with the Anti-Corn Law League.He rose from being a clerk for the cotton-spinning company of Lees, Millington & Cullender, of Manchester, to a partner and then head of Kershaw, Lees & Sidebottom, mill owners of...
at the instigation of Titus Knight, a local preacher. Construction started in 1772, and the chapel was visited by John Wesley
John Wesley
John Wesley was a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield...
in July of that year.
The Congregationalist
Congregational church
Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
chapel was typical of Nonconformist design in offering an uninterrupted view of the preacher, having no internal supporting structures. As its name suggests, the chapel has a square base. Untypically for the Calderdale
Calderdale
The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name...
region, it was built of red brick rather than local stone.
Since 1992, the chapel has been used as an arts centre.