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Wesleyan Methodist chapel built in 1840. The interior woodwork is of very good quality and includes benches, pulpit and gallery and altar rails. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {1}{4}{5}
The Grantham Methodist Society was first recognised in 1788. Its members initially met in a room above a coppersmith's workshop in Back Lane. With increasing membership new premises were needed and the first Methodist Chapel on Finkin Street was built in 1802 on the opposite side of the road to the present chapel. By the mid 1830s the members had outgrown these premises and they built the present, larger chapel. The chapel is a large, Italianate building, it has a bold design, proudly proclaiming its purpose in the carved gable head, and it towers over the rest of the street. The south front and west side are faced in fine ashlar limestone, the less visible east side is stone laid in courses, and the rear is red brick. The apertures have stone dressings. All the interior fittings, with the exception of the central section of the pulpit and the organ, date from 1924 when the chapel was extensively remodelled by the architect Mr Lambert of Derby. The chapel was originally built by Messrs Greasley and Stretton who obtained the stone from Parker's quarry at Heydour. The foundation stone was laid in 1840 and the chapel was formally opened in 1841. A separate Sunday School was built to the east side of the chapel. In 1874 the Sunday School was rebuilt on the same site by Frederick Brewin and has since been subject to alterations. The chapel was attended by Margaret Thatcher (née Roberts) in her youth. Her father, Alderman Alfred Roberts, was a member at Finkin Street and a local preacher within the Grantham Circuit. {3}
The chapel is no longer used for worship and is for sale (January 2011). {3} | Subjects: | Building | Temporal: | 1840 - 2050 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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