Aspatria Hall, Queen Street/North Road WM Chapel (iii), Cumberland
Grid Ref NY 148419
Plans for the erection of a new chapel at a cost of £5000 were approved in 1926-7. It
in 1929 at an actual cost of £5862. In 1940 the chapel had seating for 308 on chairs. There was a schoolroom and five other rooms. An organ costing £330 was installed in 1957-8. . By 1980 the seating had been reduced to 273. In 1958-9 repairs and improvements were carried out. The kitchen was modernised at a cost of £223 in 1959-60. The building continues in use as Methodist place of worship
Sources
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Carlisle WM District minutes, 1920 – 32
Cumbria Archives Service, Kendal WDFCM7 Synod Minutes 1937-1974 [NB inconsistencies in the description and reporting of works may mean that some projects are entered twice]
Methodist Property Statistics 1940, 1980; site visit 05.09.2015
Site visit 05.09.2015
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