Free Methodist Chapel

Free Methodist Chapel

The Free Methodist Church was constructed in 1837, following a split from the Wesleyan Methodist Church (which was originally across the road at the bottom of Halifax Lane).

The building is not listed, and has now been converted into apartments, having served also as the Luddenden Working Men’s Club. The date stone can just be made out above the main door.

The Free Methodist Church was a much more democratic institution than the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and the building is important as it serves as a reminder of the importance of the Methodist Church in Pennine textile communities such as Luddenden.

It was decided that the building was not large enough in 1897 and this led to the building of the Luddenden Methodist Chapel on the other side of the valley.