Bible Christian Chapel, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly

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Bible Christian Chapel, St Agnes
Bible Christian Chapel, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
49°53′38.23″N6°20′51.88″W / 49.8939528°N 6.3477444°W / 49.8939528; -6.3477444 Coordinates: 49°53′38.23″N6°20′51.88″W / 49.8939528°N 6.3477444°W / 49.8939528; -6.3477444
Location St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
Country England
Denomination Methodist
Previous denomination Bible Christian
Architecture
Completed24 July 1874

The Bible Christian Chapel, St Agnes was a Bible Christian chapel in St Agnes, Isles of Scilly.

History

Bible Christians arrived in St Agnes in the 1830s. Initially they worshipped in a meeting-house [1] but eventually were able to build their own chapel. The current chapel was built at a cost of around £156 (equivalent to £14,600in 2019) [2] and was opened on 24 July 1874. [3]

In 1907, the Bible Christian Church in England was amalgamated with the United Methodist Free Churches and the Methodist New Connexion, to form the United Methodist Church.

On closure the building became the island reading room and later the island hall. In 2014 the Island Hall was extended at a cost of £2.4m to the designs of Poynton Bradbury Wynter Cole, Architects, to provide 6 workspaces and a community hub. [4]

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References

  1. Post Office Cornwall Directory. Post Office. 1873. p. 861.
  2. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. "New Bible Christian Chapel". West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. England. 6 August 1874. Retrieved 7 October 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "St Agnes Island Hall Project". Poynton Bradbury Wynter Cole Architects Limited. Poynton Bradbury Wynter Cole Architects Limited. Retrieved 8 October 2020.