Ebenezer House - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK - Blue Plaques on Waymarking.com

The blue plaque for Ebenezer House is mounted on a building located on Ryecroft in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

The Grade II listed building was originally built as the Ebenezer Chapel in 1857.

The Grade II listed description given by Historic England reads as follows;
"NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME
SJ8546SW RYECROFT 644-1/8/53 (North East side) 27/09/72 Ebenezer House (Formerly Listed as: MERRIAL STREET Ebenezer Methodist Church)
GV II
Former chapel, now commercial premises. 1857-8. By Simpson of Leeds. Red brick with stone dressings and slate roof. Pedimented gable with modillion cornice to street with portico over paired segmentally arched doorways and segmentally arched windows in stone architraves with stressed entablature. Above the string course, 4 round-arched sash windows with segmental pediments carried on consoles with moulded architraves. INTERIOR mostly altered in conversion. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: Harmondsworth).
Listing NGR: SJ8498746250"
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The building is now the base for a number of different commercial companies. (visit link)

The blue plaque is inscribed as follows;
Newcastle-under-Lyme Civic Society

Ebenezer House
Built as Ebenezer Chapel 1857
Became Ebenezer Church 1897
Closed 1981

First occupied by Thomas Wright 2000
2006

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"Newcastle under Lyme Ebenezer Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Staffordshire
Newcastle under Lyme, Ebenezer Methodist New Connexion Chapel was built in 1857-8 to designs by Simpson of Leeds. By 1901 the estate consisted of a chapel, a schoolroom, and two houses. The land buildings and enlargements had cost £8,700 and the organ a further £400. There was seating for 950 in the chapel and for 550 in the schoolroom. The building is now known as Ebebenzer House and is used as offices." SOURCE: (visit link)

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Blue Plaque managing agency: Newcastle-under-Lyme Civic Society Physical Address: Ebenezer House, Ryecroft, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2BE UK Individual Recognized: Not listed Web Address: Not listed

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