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Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Chapelyard

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Location	:	Woolwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich, England
Coordinate	:	51.4904260, 0.0625920
Description	:	The first small Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Woolwich was erected on Woolwich New Road in 1789, a congregation having been built up by Thomas Murrell, a carpenter who had come to work in the Warren. It was soon outgrown, and at the first meeting in 1811 of a newly formed circuit with its head chapel at Deptford the first item of discussion was the need for a site in Woolwich on which a new chapel could be built. In 1812, a plot on William Street, measuring close to 110ft (34m) square, was leased from the Powis Estate. One feature at... Read More	The first small Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Woolwich was erected on Woolwich New Road in 1789, a congregation having been built up by Thomas Murrell, a carpenter who had come to work in the Warren. It was soon outgrown, and at the first meeting in 1811 of a newly formed circuit with its head chapel at Deptford the first item of discussion was the need for a site in Woolwich on which a new chapel could be built. In 1812, a plot on William Street, measuring close to 110ft (34m) square, was leased from the Powis Estate. One feature at Woolwich that is unusual in Methodist chapels is the presence of vaults. These were provided here, according to the circuit minutes, 'in case another Death should happen in the Preacher's family'. In 1858 an organ was placed in the gallery behind the pulpit, and in 1866, for its fiftieth anniversary, the chapel was modernized by raising the ground floor, replacement of pews, colourful redecoration of the walls and ceiling, and cutting down the gallery fronts. The Woolwich congregation's first Sunday school was built in 1817 on William Street, on the plot just east of the chapel. The complex remained little altered in fabric and use until after the Second World War when the Soldiers' Institute closed. Methodism had remained vigorous in Woolwich, but decline thereafter was severe; by 1977 attendance in the chapel had dwindled to fifteen. In response the trustees applied in 1971 for permission to demolish the existing buildings and to erect a new church, church hall and residential accommodation. The chapel was listed in 1973 and a redevelopment scheme for the complex was blocked by Greenwich Council and, following a public inquiry, the Department of the Environment. The buildings were put on the market in 1977 with the stipulation that the façade of the chapel would have to be retained in any future development. The premises were soon after acquired for conversion into a Sikh gurdwara. (Saint, A., Guillery, P. (ed.), Woolwich – Survey of London, Volume 48, Yale Books, London, 2012)

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