Wollaton Road Methodist Church, Beeston

Wollaton Road Methodist Church, Beeston
Wollaton Road Methodist Church
Map
52°55′41″N 1°3′0″W / 52.92806°N 1.05000°W / 52.92806; -1.05000
LocationBeeston, Nottinghamshire
CountryEngland
DenominationPrimitive Methodist
Architecture
Architect(s)Richard Charles Sutton
Groundbreaking3 August 1882

Wollaton Road Methodist Church, Beeston was a Methodist church on Wollaton Road, Beeston, Nottinghamshire from 1853 until 2014.

History

The church was first located on Wollaton Road in 1853 when the congregation purchased a Particular Baptist Chapel on Wollaton Road, Beeston[1] for £170 (equivalent to £21,700 in 2023).[2] In 1857 the chapel was prospering enough for the congregation to purchase a new pipe organ from Kirkland and Jardine of Manchester which was opened on Whit Sunday of that year.[3]

The foundation stones of the current building were laid on 3 August 1882 and the building was significantly enlarged and a new schoolroom was also built attached to the chapel.[4] This cost the sum of £1,200 (equivalent to £152,700 in 2023).[2]

As of 2014, the church merged with the congregation at Chilwell Road Methodist Church and the former site at Queen's Road went up for sale in 2018.

References

  1. ^ Earp, Frank E; Earp, Joseph (15 August 2017). Secret Beeston. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445664897.
  2. ^ a b UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Wesleyan Services at Beeston". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 28 May 1857. Retrieved 27 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Beeston". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 24 November 1882. Retrieved 27 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.