Leire Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built of brick in 1898. It was on the same site and occupied the same footprint as its predecessor. In 1940 there was no other accommodation besides the chapel which measured 34 feet by 18 feet and seated 100 persons in ground floor pews.
Sources
John Rylands Library University of Manchester, MAC Lawson Returns of Accommodation provided by Wesleyan Methodist Chapels and other Preaching Places, Hinckley Circuit 1901/405, 1911/375
John Rylands Library University of Manchester DDPD2 Returns of Accommodation provided by Wesleyan Methodist Chapels and other Preaching Places, 1931/385
25 inch OS Leicestershire XLIII.16, 1885-7 and 1901-3
John Rylands Library University of Manchester, DDPD1 Methodist Church Buildings: Statistical returns including seating accommodation as at July 1st 1940/691 (Hinckley, Stockwell Head, Circuit)
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Datestone in the front of the brick chapel is 1863. There was an earlier chapel built in 1817.
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