Building record 1160/0/611 - 107-109 Kettering Road

Former Queens Road Wesleyon Methodist Chapel, now shop. The earliest element is a small building on Queens Road which was built in 1877. The large building on Kettering Road was built in 1887 by H Dyer and included a school. It is of red brick and stone and originally had a tall spire, although only the base now remains. The main building is now used as a shop.

{1} Queen's Road Chapel, erected in 1887, from designs by hH Dyer & Son, architects, at a cost of £5400 including school is of red brick and stone, in the Early Decorated style, and has an octagonal tower with spire nearly 100 feet in height, and will seat 800.

{2} Queens Road Methodist Church by H H Dyer & Son,'whose façade was savagely maltreated when the premises were converted into a shop (Jones Furnishers). The side elevation still has its Geometrical Gothic windows.

{3} The building to the rear of the present chapel appears to have been built in 1877. The stump of the tower of the 1887 chapel is still visible on the Kettering Road frontage.

<1> Kelly, Directory for Northamptonshire, 1920 edition (Directory). SNN105309.

<2> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 465 (Book). SNN111989.

<3> General reference for websites, https://www.myprimitivemethodists.org.uk/; Accessed 19/02/2026 (Website). SNN116607.

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Feb 20 2026 8:54AM