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Lawnswood crematorium which was designed by W S Braithwaite, blends well with George Corson’s Grade II listed Gothic Revival style chapels. It was opened in 1905 at a cost of £3000 and was the first in Britain to use a gas cremator. This was initially supervised by French engineers who had evolved the method.

The first cremation, that of John Dunbar Steen of Guiseley, took place on 4th January 1905.

The crematorium is still very much in use today and the chimney, cunningly disguised as a clock tower, underwent extensive repairs in 2010.