| King Street Methodist Church, Derby | |
|---|---|
  King Street Methodist Church, Derby Location within Derby | |
| 52°55′34.0″N1°28′48.9″W / 52.926111°N 1.480250°W | |
| Location | Derby, Derbyshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | James Simpson |
| Completed | 1841 |
| Demolished | 1968 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 1,400 people. |
| Length | 90 feet (27 m) |
| Width | 64 feet (20 m) |
King Street Methodist Chapel was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Derby, Derbyshire. [1]
The first Methodist Chapel in Derby was built in St Michael's Lane in 1765. In 1805 a chapel was built in King-street to accommodate a congregation of 800 people. By 1840 it was insufficient for the congregation and a new building was planned.
The foundation stone of the new chapel building was laid on 29 October 1840. [2] It was built to the designs of the architect James Simpson of Leeds and opened on 29 September 1841. [3] Pevsner describes the building as having a fine, stately Grecian front with one-storeyed Greek Doric porch, and an upper floor with Ionic pilasters, arched windows and a pediment.
On either side of the chapel, a minister's house was built. The one on the left was occupied by the Reverend George Browne Macdonald (1805–1868), and his second wife Hannah (née Jones) (1809–1875), whose eleven children were:
It was demolished in 1968.
A pipe organ was installed in 1841 by Booth. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [4] When the church closed, the organ was moved to Queen's Hall Methodist Mission in Wigan.