Country England Dedication St Chad Status Active Phone +44 113 274 4322 | Consecrated 1868 Opened 1868 | |
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Architects Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, William Henry Crossland Similar St Michael and All Angels C, Leeds Minster, St Bartholomew's Church - A, Leeds Cathedral, Roundhay Park Profiles | ||
St Chad's Church, Far Headingley is the parish church of Far Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The dedication is to Chad of Mercia, who was bishop of York and died in AD 672.
The church was built in 1868, on land given by the Beckett family of Kirkstall Grange who paid £10,000 towards it. The architects were Edmund Beckett Denison and W. H. Crossland. The spire is 186 feet high. The church is Grade II* listed. It is set back from the busy Otley Road, with a cricket field and the parish war memorial (Grade II listed) nearer the road.
The organ was built in 1911 by Harrison & Harrison of Durham. The Creation window above the altar was designed and made by M. E. Aldrich Rope, her first large commission and one of her greatest works.
Church life
There are two or three services every Sunday and a midweek communion service.
The church has a branch of the Mothers' Union, Scout groups for various ages, a drama group, lunch club and other social activities.
The church works with St Michael's, the parish church of the adjacent parish of Headingley, including holding early Sunday communion services alternately. Through Churches Together in Headingley the church has links with Christians of other denominations locally.
St Chad's has won an "Eco-congregation" award, and in November 2007 the church won the Church Times national award for biodiversity in recognition of its wildlife-friendly churchyard.