Finkin Street Methodist Church

Finkin Street Methodist Church
Front of the church
Finkin Street Methodist Church is located in Lincolnshire
Finkin Street Methodist Church
Finkin Street Methodist Church
52°54′45″N 0°38′29″W / 52.912606°N 0.641278°W / 52.912606; -0.641278
LocationGrantham
CountryEngland
DenominationMethodist
History
StatusChapel
Founded1840
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II

Finkin Street Chapel is a Grade II[1][2] listed building in Grantham, Lincolnshire. The Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1840 and was the childhood church of Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[3][4]

The chapel has a lectern dedicated to Thatcher's father, Alfred Roberts, who was a local preacher there.[4]

Detail of the front of the building. It was originally a Wesleyan chapel.

In 2008, the congregation of the Central Methodist Church, Finkin Street joined with the congregation of St Peter's Hill United Reformed Church in Castlegate to form a local ecumenical partnership, ChristChurch Grantham. A decision was then taken in April 2011 to keep the Methodist premises on Finkin Street and sell the URC premises on Castlegate.[5] The congregation meeting weekly in the chapel is now known as ChristChurch.[6]

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1062522)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Wesleyan Methodist Church (Grade II) (1062522)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. ^ Margaret Thatcher: her unswerving faith shaped by her father, Sunday Telegraph, 14 April 2013
  4. ^ a b "Special service for Margaret Thatcher's family at Grantham Methodist church". Grantham Journal. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  5. ^ ""Friends of ChristChurch, Grantham"". Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
  6. ^ "About Us". ChristChurch Grantham. Retrieved 9 January 2020.