Nether Green United Methodist chapel was built of stone and brick in 1901 and cost £2000. In 1940 there was a chapel which seated 380 in pews, three school halls and three other rooms.
Sources
John Rylands Library University of Manchester, MAC Lawson Returns of Accommodation provided by Methodist Chapels and other Preaching Places, 1940/999 Sheffield, Carver Street Circuit
White’s Directory of Sheffield, 1919-20, p. lx
Sheffield Nether Green United Methodist chapel
88, Nethergreen Road
Nether Green Methodist Church in 2024
Neville Flavell, 2024
Nether Green Methodist New Connexion chapel, architects drawing 1911
Supplied by Neville Flavell
The site in 1900, showing the original school chapel
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Memorial to Cllr. W.F. Jackson, 1918
Neville Flavell, 2026
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At Andover Street in October 1899 the Sheffield West Circuit (MNC) Quarterly Meeting heard ‘with pleasure that a site for a new school and chapel at Ranmoor has been secured and pladges itself to do all it can to further that enterprise.’ This chapel was the direct outcome of the interest and efforts of the principlas and students of the nearby Ranmoor College.
After the purchase of a piece of former farmland in July 1900 for £830 the trustees launched the first phase in red brick -the current ‘old hall’ in October. [The plan shows this phase, and the original building can been seen at the rear in the architect’s drawing.]
The new building opened on Sunday June 23rd 1901.
Despite a small membership of 21 the debt on the building was wiped out in October 1903. In 1906 the premises were declared ‘inadequate’ and a Plan Committee were considering proposals from six architects, settling on the designs of W.H. Higginbottom of Nottingham. Negotiations and discussions continued for five years to 1911.
Work began in September 1911 and was completed in the following May, opening on 16th May 1912. The following day The Sheffield Daily Independent reported
“The church, which is a stone building of Gothic design, faces the junction of Nether Green Road and Fulwood Road. Th ebuilding is of local stone with dressings of Stoke stone. Both the exterior and the interior are marked by simplicity. The internal work is in pitch pine which is also used for seating. A glass screen cuts off the entrance from the body of the church. There are no galleries and the choir stalls directly face the congregation. An interesting feature of the construction is the sloping floor which is designed as in the case of many modern chapels to enable the congregation to see the preacher’s face. The interior is very light and airy and the spacious windows are glassed with ornamental leaded lights. Electric lighting has been installed. The heating is by low pressure hot water, and the ventilation is on the natural system. A small lecture hall with choir vestry and minister’s vestry are provided, and underneath the church is a large hall, for Sunday School and other purposes, which is not yet finished.”
The cost has been approximately £3900, of which £2400 had been raised. The membership in March 1912 had been 39, and they remained at that level until 1918 when it rose to 68. The number of reserved seats was 130, and even in 1918 average attendances were 40 in the morning and 80 in the evening.
The church’s greatest benefactor, Councillor W.F. Jackson, died in February 1918 and was remembered in a window,
The church remained in debt throughout the 1930s and in 1942 amalgamated with Broomhill, on the Nether Green site.
The newly amalgamated church was renamed St. George’s, Nether Green. A further amalgamation with Ranmoor Methodist Church took place in 1963, again on the Nether Green site.
Nether Green Methodist Church continues to this day, as can be seen in the photograph.
To learn more, see:
Flavell, Neville ‘From Goole Green to Nether Green: the roots and history of Hallam Methodist Church 1756-2006.
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