Bishop Street Methodist Chapel, also known as the Wesleyan Chapel, is church overlooking Town Hall Square in Leicester, England, U.K.[1][2]
| Wesleyan Chapel | |
|---|---|
| Bishop Street Methodist Chapel | |
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| 52°50′28.41″N 1°20′20.86″W / 52.8412250°N 1.3391278°W | |
| Location | Town Hall Square Leicester |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Methodist |
| Website | https://www.bishopstreetchurch.org.uk/ |
| History | |
| Status | open |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade II listed |
| Designated | 1950 |
| Architect(s) | Reverend William Jenkins |
| Architectural type | Georgian Neo-Classical |
| Groundbreaking | 1815 |
The chapel was built in 1815 as a Methodist chapel.[3] in the Georgian Neo-Classical style by the architect and Methodist minister Reverend William Jenkins (1763-1844[4]). The organ in the chapel predates the chapel itself by over 100 years, the organ case by “Father” Smith, organ builder to Charles II.[5][6]
It is a Grade II listed building (1074061) on the National Heritage List for England, added in 1950 as Wesleyan Chapel, Bishop Street. It part of collection of listed buildings on Bishop Street around Town Hall Square comprising Leicester Town Hall, Fountain and War Memorial, 7–9, Every Street and Nos 6–8, The Royal Hotel, Nos 17, 19 and 21 Horsefair Street.[7]
See also
edit- John Wesley
- Castle Donington Methodist Church
- Great Glen Methodist Church
- List of Methodist churches (world-wide, including England)
References
edit- ^ "Faith & Belief - Story of Leicester". www.storyofleicester.info.
- ^ "Bishop Street Methodist Church - Home". www.bishopstreetchurch.org.uk.
- ^ "The ancient borough: Protestant Nonconformity: A History of the County of Leicester: Volume 4". Victoria County History. 1958. pp. 390–394. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
The earliest Methodist church was that in Millstone Lane, founded in 1753 and closed about 1865, when its place had largely been taken by the newer chapel in Bishop Street, built in 1815.
- ^ "Non-conformist style - Canterbury History". www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk.
- ^ "Wesleysan Chapel". City of Leicester. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Bishop Street Methodist Church - The Building". www.bishopstreetchurch.org.uk.
- ^ Historic England. "Bishop Street Methodist Chapel (1074061)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2020.