A visit to Ilkeston to walk across the impressive Bennerley viaduct included coffee in town – and a car park behind a building that was obviously a former chapel. It turned out to belong to the Methodist New Connexion.
Derbyshire Historic Environment Record tells us that “the Methodist New Connexion first met in a former Wesleyan Chapel in Market Street.
This location was not very successful, and a new chapel was built in Stamford Street in 1889. It is a neat Gothic structure, comprising nave, side aisles, and an octagonal turret and spire. In the front elevation is a large Gothic window of five lights, formerly in the chapel in Market Street. The choir gallery and the open pews were also taken from the same edifice. There was an explosion in 1892 that resulted in much damage to the building. “
In November 2022, the chapel building is in use as a carpet warehouse. It no longer has the original Gothic window on its front wall.
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