The Annals of Tipton website tells us that in 1856 the Methodist New Connexion built Regent Street Tabernacle in Princes End, with an interior in the form of an amphitheatre. The building cost around £1,300. It was demolished in 1929. In 2020 the site is occupied by Mount Horeb Pentecostal church.
Ordnance Survey maps from 1884 show the chapel in place and the footprint does not change over time until it was demolished. The 1938 map shows the no building where the chapel was – except the rear of the former building remains with the same footprint and is labelled Sunday school.
The society did continue after the chapel was demolished in 1929, probably in the former Sunday school, because it features in the Inventory of Methodist Buildings published in 1940. The building is described as brick built, and relatively small, seating only 150 people on chairs. In addition to the main hall there was a Sunday school room and one other room. It was in the Oldbury circuit.
Intriguingly, 2022 satellite pictures show a building on the Sunday school site with exactly the same footprint. Is it the former building?
You can see a picture of the Regent Street chapel on the Annals of Tipton page here
Sources
Annals of Tipton website accessed at http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/Tipton/churches.htm on December 3rd 2022.
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