Kimberley Nottingham Road, Wesley United Methodist Free Church was built of brick in 1890. It was situated on the south side of Nottingham Road west of Broomhill Road. In 1940 the premises consisted of a chapel which seated 650 (600 in 1970), as school hall which seated 400 in 1970 and five (down to three in 1970) other rooms. The building was subsequently closed as a Methodist place of worship. The ground floor (former Sunday school) is now occupied by a funeral director but the remainder of the building is empty and up for sale. The agent’s website (The Old Methodist Church – FHP | Kimberley | For sale | FHP) has some excellent images of the interior. They show that the building has been floored over at gallery level and include details of the organ, rostrum, gallery, decorated glassj and roof construction.
Sources
Free Methodist Manual: London, Andrew Crombie, 1899 Ilkeston Circuit p 269
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
Methodist Church Buildings: Statistical returns, 1970, photocopy Nottingham and Derby section at Nottinghamshire Record Office, 22.24 Kimberley Circuit
Site visit 16.03.2024
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The architect was the Nottingham architect Richard Charles Sutton.
Nottingham Evening Post Friday 3 January 1890
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