Monument record 7196/69 - Wesleyan Methodist Church

Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the High Street opened in 1903. Red brick with stone dressings, double-gabled front with elaborate pinnacles.

Wesleyan Methodist church
The original Methodist Church was opened in 1791 on part of a garden belonging to Mr Adcock. It was situated to the back of the east side of the street. It was 412 feet by 40 and had two galleries. The building remained in use until after the second world war (when it was as the headquarters of the local Home Guard) and was then demolished. The site is now occupied by modern flats. New Wesleyan Methodist Church was constructed between 1902-3 in a free gothic style - the architect was Mr Tom Dyer .The front section of the chapel is designed in a very elaborate gothic style with a mixture of red brick and stone. This section of the church is a very small element of the building as a whole - behind this thin front section is the main body of the church which is of a completely different brick. Possible that the main body was built first and the frontage was added to provide more high profile appearance. The frontage is of very similar design to Non-conformist Chapels of the same date in Rushden. Film 6, photo 28,29; Film 7, photo 1. The Sunday School building at the rear of the church is still in existence, but is possibly in community rather than religious usage. Built in the same brick as the main body of the church. Film 7, photo 2. (1)

<1> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Industrial Period, (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN4.

<2> The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1986, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses: Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire, p. 140/site 28 (Report). SNN2902.

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