Wellingborough, Park Street, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Northamptonshire

Park Street, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1872 at a cost of about £2600. The architect was Charles Bell and the builders Edward Barlow and Henry Peach. It has “a portico in front supported by small granite column” and the interior “is neatly fitted up, having galleries all round and furnished with sittings of varnished pine”. In 1873 it had 638 sittings. The neighbouring hall and school building were built in 1914. In most respects this building is a plainer echo of its neighbour the arches over the doorways and the name plaque discreetly acknowledge more recent design ideas. In 1940 the chapel had 570 sittings in pews and there were two school halls and two other rooms. The chapel was subsequently closed and is now occupied by the Zion Christian Church.
Sources
Whellan & Co, The History, Topography and Directory of Northamptonshire,1874 p. 883.
Returns of Accommodation provided by Wesleyan Methodist Chapels and other Preaching Places, 1873, No 75
Methodist Church Buildings: Statistical returns including seating accommodation as at July 1st 1940, No 686
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