Wesley Chapel Constitution Hill

[Vivienne14]

British History Online tells us this about the Chapel:

"Constitution Hill Wesley Chapel, a red brick building, was built by the Wesleyans in 1828 and cost £2,000. In 1851 there were sittings for 1,080. The congregation is said to have begun as a Sunday school in a former Congregationalist schoolroom at Livery Street in 1818. In 1851 the largest attendance on the census Sunday was 800, and, in 1892, 422. The chapel was closed and sold in 1918".

There appears to be a difference in the date of opening of the Chapel and it being built. Did it take 10 years to get sufficient subscriptions ? Wonder what it was used for after it was sold in 1918 ?

Is it marked on any maps please ? Viv

 

[pjmburns]

On the corner of Howard Street. Town maps 1889. Image below or map at

View map: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey, OS town plan - Birmingham and its Environs - sheet XIV.1.21 - Ordnance Survey Town Plans of England and Wales, 1840s-1890s

 

[pjmburns]

By 1937 it is marked as a billiard hall. I think the building marked Gospel Hall was originally the Sunday School/

 

[pjmburns]

There appears to be a difference in the date of opening of the Chapel and it being built. Did it take 10 years to get sufficient subscriptions ? Wonder what it was used for after it was sold in 1918 ?

I wonder if that caption should read 1829? There are newspapera rticles about the Chapel dated 1830.

Aris's Gazette 8th Dec 1829


The opening date of 1839 might refer to the fact that churches are not usually blessed until they have been fully paid for - at least that was the case with our church. We had used it for quite a while before it was formally blessed.

 

[Astoness]

thanks viv...this is a new one to me...shame its gone looked a nice building...st view of the corner of howard st

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[Vivienne14]

Yes could be a typo/mistake Janice, that would make sense. Presumably the billiard hall occupied the former Chapel. The buildings that occupy the site today look to be post-1960s, so maybe the Chapel survived until then. Viv.