Former Primitive Methodist chapel, Staveley
N 54° 22.564 W 002° 48.928
30U E 511986 N 6025380
This is now a residence, but was a former Primitive Methodist chapel. This is the second Primitive chapel to be built. At the same time, Wesleyan Methodists were buildings chapels also.
Waymark Code: WMTC7F
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/31/2016
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Wikipedia mentions this building and there are obvious signs that it was a former chapel, see bell tower and name.
In a PDF produced by Staveley Local History Society, they say
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"The Primitive society led the way in 1866 with a Gothic style chapel, on top of which was a turret with one bell, an unusual feature. This building, between the River Gowan and Main Street, had 350 sittings."
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After the amalgamation of Methodism in 1932, the two chapels struggled on, not joining congregations and this chapel was used as well as the other chapel. Until World War 2 when the congregation moved to Kentmere Road chapel after this chapel was sold to a local Kendal councillor and used as a Government Communal Food centre during WW2. After WW2 the purchaser converted it to a dwelling.
Wikipedia mention under Other places of worship (
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Streetmap (
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