George Street Particular Baptist Church

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George Street Particular Baptist Church
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Former George Street Particular Baptist Church, now an Arts Theatre
George Street Particular Baptist Church
52°57′15″N1°08′42″W / 52.95429°N 1.14489°W / 52.95429; -1.14489 Coordinates: 52°57′15″N1°08′42″W / 52.95429°N 1.14489°W / 52.95429; -1.14489
Location Nottingham
Country England
Denomination Particular Baptist
Architecture
Architect(s) Edward Staveley
Completed16 August 1815
Construction cost£6,000 (equivalent to £472,804in 2021) [1]

George Street Particular Baptist Church was a former Baptist Church in Nottingham from 1815 [2] to 1948. The building is now in use as Nottingham Arts Theatre.

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History

The congregation had its roots in Friar Lane Baptist Church, which it outgrew by the early nineteenth century. It commissioned a new building on George Street which opened in 1815. It was built to designs by the architect Edward Staveley. [3] It had seating for 1,000 people. The congregation also formed Cross Street Baptist Church in Arnold, Nottingham.

In 1847 the church underwent a schism and part of the congregation left to form Derby Road Particular Baptist Church.

It was remodelled as a Co-operative Theatre in 1948 by A.H. Betts.

Ministers

Organ

The church was the first Baptist church in Nottingham to purchase an organ, which it did in 1847. It was erected by Messrs. Bevington and Sons of London, at a cost of £220 (equivalent to £21,389in 2021) [1] (It is possible that the church authorities had seen the organ by the same builders erected the previous year in St. Paul's Church on the opposite side of George Street.)

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References

  1. 1 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 11 June 2022.
  2. The Baptist Magazine, 1815, p.483
  3. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner.