The Reformers were already occupying the Wesleyan chapel by 1851. They built their own around 1854 in what became Chapel Street, and later joined the United Methodist Free Churches (United Methodist Church from 1907).
After the building of the next chapel, the old was used as a reading room for “fishermen and working men”.
Stones for the new chapel on Prince of Wales Road were laid in April 1890. The opening took place on Wednesday 15th October that year.
The building, of red brick with Corsham stone dressings, was designed and constructed by George Riches of Cromer. Costing £1,260, it included a Sunday school for up to 100 scholars. The sanctuary, having a gallery over the main entrance, seated 216.
Date of closure not found but pointers suggest circa 1960. The building is now Cromer’s public library.
Sources
Census of Religious Worship (Norfolk) 1851: Ed by J Ede & N Virgoe 1998
Thetford & Watton Times 18th October 1890
Free Methodist Manual 1899
Methodist Church Buildings: Statistical Returns 1940
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