The Diocese of Leeds was founded in 1878 out of the former Diocese of Beverley. It consists of the whole of West Yorkshire (with the exception of the parish of Todmorden), together with some parishes in the East Riding, North Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire. It is a suffragan diocese in the Province of Liverpool, and is subject to the Archdiocese of Liverpool. The cathedral is in Leeds, and is dedicated to St Anne. 114 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2008); those built after 1980 were largely excluded from the review.
A pleasing 1950s brick church of simple modern design with classical references; the previous church survives as a... Read More
An attractive, quirky Arts and Crafts Gothic design, built originally as a school-cum-church. The building forms a... Read More
An attractive small church of the 1920s, built from local stone and harmonious with its setting.Mass for the... Read More
A fine example of a Catholic church in the Byzantine style fashionable in the wake of the building of Westminster... Read More
Despite its unprepossessing exterior this is a delightful late Arts and Crafts church by Edward Simpson. The spacious... Read More
A relatively modest design by the nationally-known Catholic architect J. A. Hansom. The main interest now lies in its... Read More
A modern church of fortress-like appearance, its internal design reflecting the liturgical reforms of the 1960s.The... Read More
Of some historical interest for its origins as a cinema serving an interwar housing estate.The Rialto Cinema was... Read More
A church and school building in domestic seventeenth-century style, originally built for Anglican use. The church... Read More
The first purpose-built church of the nineteenth century Catholic revival in Huddersfield. The builder Joseph Kaye... Read More
A modest Gothic Revival building by the Bradford architect Edward Simpson, with an ambitious and successful re-ordering... Read More
An unusual re-use of a historic farm complex as a church and presbytery. The church itself is essentially a building of... Read More
