This building on Headingley Lane was originally designed for the First Church of Christ by local architect William Peel Schofield.
The building passed into the ownership of the Leeds Girls High School in 1986 and was renamed the Elinor Lupton Centre. The church auditorium became used as a theatre and concert hall.
It is a Grade II listed building within the Headingley Hill, Hyde Park and Woodhouse Moor Conservation Area. It is partly 2 stories with a basement, all dressed in Portland Stone.
There are two elements to the building which is in Egyptian/Classical Greek Art Deco style. The first commenced building in 1913 and opened in 1914, designed primarily as a Sunday School. It comprises 9 bays with pilasters, and 2 entrances, with amphorae above, facing Richmond Road. The school assembly room temporarily acted as the church with 250 seats and there were 19 classrooms on the second floor for the Sunday School proper. Further building was then delayed by the First World War and material shortages thereafter.
The second element was the Church itself, with 5 bays and a central doorway with architrave and another amphora above. There are four large pilasters with Egyptian style capitals, topped by a cornice and low pediments. Inside was an auditorium capable of seating 650 people with a spacious entrance foyer in classic art deco style (see original photos). It was finally completed in 1934 and formally dedicated on 12 May 1935 at three services attended in total by 2000 people. There are also boundary walls with copings and piers of Portland Stone, more substantial along the Richmond Road frontage with incised Greek key patterns.
It has been unoccupied since 2010
NOTE: Cache is on the opposite side of the road by the turning for Orville Gardens!