Monument record MLI87361 - Site of the Hannah Memorial Wesleyan Chapel, High Street, Lincoln

Summary

Site of the Hannah Memorial Wesleyan Chapel, High Street, Lincoln

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PRN 70436 In 1875 the Wesleyan Methodists built a large chapel on High Street named after Thomas Hannah (but also known as ‘Little Wesley’). The architects were Bellamy and Hardy; the chapel was demolished in 1965. {1} The building first appears on the Padley and Thropp Map of 1883. {2} The chapel was built constructed from brick and ashlar in the classical style; a five bay frontage, three storeys high. Four pillars, complete with Corinthian capitals, all supporting a pediment with a central round arched window with scrolled frieze. {3} The site is now occupied by the Thomas Cooper Memorial Baptist Church, built in 1973-74 to a design by Frederick Gibberd and Partners. {4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Jones, Michael, J; Stocker, D.; and Vince, A.. 2003. The City by the Pool including LARA. LARA.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: D.R. Mills and R.C. Wheeler. 2004. Historic Town Plans of Lincoln 1610 - 1920. 92. 1883: 10, p95.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Leary, W.. 1988. Lincolnshire Methodism. p69.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p502.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 97379 70613 (60m by 35m)
Civil Parish PARK, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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