Community of the Resurrection 6

The Gatehouse of the Hostel of the Resurrection. (Leeds)

The Hostel also known as "The Priory of St. Wilfrid". It was designed by Temple Moore roughly along the line of a "Oxbridge College" it was opened in 1904 by Lady Frederick Cavendish.

	The design was entrusted to Mr Temple Lushington Moore one of England's most original and influential church architects; he created a truly magnificent building. The new hostel built in a "Tudor and Edwardian Gothic" style was also to become known as "The Priory of St. Wilfrid". Modelled roughly along the lines of an "Oxbridge College", with a tower, chapel and, although only walled to three sides, an interior 'quadrangle' style courtyard. The college would eventually accommodate 50 students. Work on additions to the building were to carry on until 1928. Temple Moor died in 1920 and some of the final details were completed by his son in law and business partner Leslie Moor.

Eventually the cost of operating such a grand building became too great for the community to bear and it was acquired by the University in 1976 to become the University of Leeds' School of Continuing Education. After standing empty for some time it now seems once again that the building will return to it's original purpose, it is soon to be converted to private sector student accommodation.




		A water colour of the Community Church that Sir Walter Tapper intended to be built, however the final building was completed many years late and to a simplified design.

Returning now to the magnificent church back in Mirfield; it had always been the intention of the Community to build a Community Church. Services were being held in a temporary chapel in one of the upper rooms of the house. Work commenced on the new church in spring 1911. The project was ambitious in the extreme, an elaborate church on a scale to rival the great monastic places of worship from the past was planned. In July 1911 the foundation stone was laid by Bishop Gore at a service attended by a congregation numbering several thousands.

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