Kimberley, High Street, St Paul's Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Nottinghamshire

Kimberley, High Street, St Paul’s Methodist New Connexion Chapel was built in 1884. The materials were brick with stone dressings. By 1901 £2850 had been spent on the original construction and the subsequent enlargement of the chapel and the school which appears to have been beneath the chapel. A further £20 had been spent on purchasing an organ or other instrument. The chapel seated 600 and the school 500. In 1940 the premises consisted of the chapel which then seated 600 in pews, a school hall and three other rooms. It had been closed by 1970 and is now in residential use. A conspicuous feature of this conversion is the removal of the flight of steps leading to the front entrance and the provision of a side entrance.

The building is situated on the north side of High Street, adjacent to James Street

Sources

Methodist New Connexion: Returns of Trust Estates as presented in Special Schedules, January 1901 Nottingham District, Hucknall Circuit

Derbyshire Record Office D1820 MJ/10 – Special trust schedules and related papers

John Rylands Library University of Manchester, MAC Lawson, Methodist Church Buildings: Statistical returns including seating accommodation as at July 1st 1940/928 Ilkeston U Circuit

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