Barrow in Furness, Roose Road Chapel was erected at an unknown date. An organ costing £142 was installed in 1938. In 1940 the chapel had 400 sittings on pews and there was a schoolroom and three other rooms. War damage reinstatement works carried out in 1951-2 cost £1076. A new ceiling costing £781.9.4d was installed in 1960-1. Alterations and modernisation costing £1089 were carried out in 1972-3.
Carlisle Library, 1A287, Methodist Property Statistics 1940, 1980, 1991
Cumbria Archives Service, Kendal WDFCM7 Synod Minutes 1937-1974
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A deteriorating plaque on the Risedale Road side can be read as “THIS MEMORIAL STONE WAS LAID BY CHAIRMAN (unreadable, possibly GRADWELL, although it would barely fit) August 12th 1876.
Roose Road Bible Christian chapel was opened in 1877 according to the 1970 Property statistics. The baptismal register, however, appears to start in 1875. A photograph of the chapel may be found on Genuki.
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