The building which is now the Roman Catholic Church in the village of St Mawes on the beautiful Roseland peninsular of South Cornwall, started life as a Bible Christian chapel.
The foundation stone was laid on 6 May 1875 and the first service was held on Christmas Day that year.
There is more information about the building here
According to the current church’s website, it was “the first church ever to have a woman minister, appointed in 1900”.
Following Methodist Union in 1932, the building was sold to the local Catholic community for £750. It was then restored and extended and a presbytery was added in 1946/7. Further renovations were carried out before an ecumenical service was held to celebrate the centenary of the building on 6 May 1975.
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