ABOUT
“a wellspring of creativity”
The Guardian
A chapel with a future.
Wainsgate was built in 1859 and has been a landmark on this hillside ever since.
It carries the traces of the people who built it, worshipped here, worked here, celebrated here and are buried around it. We take responsibility for that history seriously. We also believe the best way to care for Wainsgate is to keep asking what it can become.
Today Wainsgate is an independent arts and heritage charity and a home for artists, neighbours, volunteers and visitors. It is a place for making things, trying things, learning, practising, gathering and occasionally getting things wrong.
We’re looking after an extraordinary old building while filling it with contemporary life.
Wainsgate Chaple is a member of Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary and we are working towards becoming an accredited Place of Sanctuary