Monument record MLI92058 - Former Zion New Connexion Methodist Chapel, West Street, Boston
Summary
Site of the former Zion New Connexion Methodist chapel and Sunday School, West Street, Boston.
Type and Period (3)
- METHODIST NEW CONNEXION CHAPEL (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1828 AD to 1934 AD)
- SUNDAY SCHOOL (Post Medieval - 1831 AD to 1898 AD)
- SUNDAY SCHOOL (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1898 AD to 1934 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
The Zion New Connexion methodist chapel and Sunday School, formerly in West Street, are mentioned by several sources and a photograph survives. It was built in 1828-9 with the addition of a school in 1831 (prior to that, in 1827, the group met in a room in Angel Court). Later extensive alterations were made to the chapel front after a fire in 1859 and in 1898 a new school was built. In 1934 the New Connexion, having suffered a decline in membership, joined with the congregation from the Iron chapel in Brothertoft Road in the new chapel in Brothertoft Road (see PRN 13965). The chapel was subsequently sold and a cinema was built on the site. The surviving photograph shows that the chapel had a pedimented façade of 2 storeys and 3 bays. The upper tier had 3 round-headed windows with keystones and the lower tier a round-headed doorway, in a slightly projecting central bay, between 2 square-headed windows. The site is marked as a cinema on the 1968 OS 1:2500 map. A commercial building is now (2008) on the site. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
The plot of land is now (2014) vacant and used as a carpark. {6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI9638 Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 13999.
- <2> SLI12099 Bibliographic Reference: Leary, W.. 1972. Methodism in the Town of Boston. pp.8-14.
- <3> SLI7745 Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 1979. Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851. p.50, no.253.
- <4> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.284.
- <5> SLI3632 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1968. OS 1:2500 SERIES. TF 3243.
- <6> SLI11533 Website: Google. 2001->. Google Earth, Maps and Street View. Accessed 12/09/2014.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 3250 4394 (23m by 28m) Estimated from sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BOSTON, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Sep 27 2023 11:36AM
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