286, Southampton

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Coordinates: 50°56′17″N1°23′06″W / 50.93817°N 1.38512°W / 50.93817; -1.38512
OS grid reference SU4330315583
Location Swaythling
CountryUnited Kingdom
Churchmanship Evangelical
History
Former name(s)Swaythling Methodist Church
Status Church
Founded1932
Founder(s) Herbert Collins
Associated people J. Arthur Rank
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II listed
Designated20 November 1997
Architect(s) Herbert Collins
Architectural typeCentral Hall
Style Neo-Georgian
Specifications
Number of floors2
Number of domes 1
Materials Red brick, Concrete, Slate, Copper
Administration
DistrictSouthampton Methodist District
CircuitSouthampton Methodist Circuit

286, formerly Swaythling Methodist Church, is a grade II listed gurdwara and former church building in Swaythling, Southampton. The building was owned and managed by Southampton Methodist Circuit with City Life Church providing assistance with the day-to-day operations. Until the building was sold in 2021, Swaythling Methodist Church continued to meet on the premises in the Nona Bell Centre as a community of St James Road Methodist Church in Shirley, having closed as an official Methodist Church in 2013.

Building

The building includes a number of halls and smaller rooms in addition to the main auditorium, as well as a manse and some workshops. [1] Designed by Herbert Collins in a neo-Georgian style and built in 1932, following his construction of many houses in the surrounding area, with the remit "I have built the houses, now build a place for the people to go".[ citation needed ] The buildings were constructed in partnership with J. Arthur Rank with full cinema facilities. The projector room is still present. [1] The main auditorium is octagonal with a balcony over the entrance porch; the balcony is accessible via two stair towers on the north face. Attached to the south side is a wing containing other halls and rooms. Separate buildings on the west of the site contain some workshops and the manse. [1] The roof of the main hall is shallowly domed and clad in copper, topped by a copper-clad cupola. [1]

The whole site was grade II listed on 20 November 1997. [1]

In April 2016, [2] the Methodist Council approved the transfer of the building, then valued at £900,000 to City Life Church under the provisions of "Model Trust 20" - a Methodist Church policy that allows buildings to be sold below their value if it enables Christian worship to continue on the premises. The transfer - technically a sale at nil value - was justified on the basis of the significant maintenance costs, with an estimate that over £900,000 worth of repairs to the building were needed. [3]

However, in April 2018 [4] the Council noted that "it has not been possible to find an acceptable form of wording for the requirements for a trust of sale" This was partly because Model Trust 20 included a "reverter" clause which meant that, should a building be subsequently sold by the new owner, net proceeds of that sale should be given to the Methodist Church. The Council therefore adopted a new version of Model Trust 20 that altered these terms. [5]

In 2021, the Methodist Church again altered the Model Trust 20 policy, introducing clause 6: "Once the Council has approved the ‘in principle’ decision to sell for less than best price, completion of the sale must take place within three years from that point." [6] With the under-value sale having been approved in 2016 this meant that the term for selling 286 had expired and it was placed for sale on the open market with a guide price of £1.2 million; it was sold to a Sikh group who then launched a £50,000 renovation plan, converting the building into a Gurdwara. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Swaythling Methodist Church including church hall, workshops and Manse". British Listed Buildings. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Methodist Council papers 2-4 April 2016". www.methodist.org.uk. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Wilkins, Louise. "MC/16/44 Sale of Swaythling Methodist Church" (PDF). The Methodist Church. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Methodist Council papers 14-16 April 2018". www.methodist.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Wilkins, Louise. "MC/18/40 Sales under Paragraph 20 of the Model Trusts" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Agenda: The Conference 2021" (PDF). The Methodist Church. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Historic Southampton church to get new lease of life as temple". Daily Echo. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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