Building Name

Methodist Chapel Dale Street Leamington Warwickshire

Date
1869
Street
Dale Street
District/Town
Leamington
County/Country
Warwickshire, England
Work
New Build
Contractor
William Green of Leamington

Memorial stone laid 19 May 1869; Opened 9 June 1870; Cost £8,700; Italian style of architecture, with accommodation for 1,200.

Reference    Leamington Spa Courier 27 March 1869 page 1 - contracts
Reference    Birmingham Daily Post 20 May 1869 page 7 – foundation stone
Reference    Leamington Spa Courier 21 February 1947 page 5 and illustration
Reference    Methodist Records (Leamington Circuit) Catalogue Ref. CR1688
 Chapel Records  ref.  CR2526/8  - date: 1864-1950
[from Scope and Content] Papers concerning Dale St. Chapel, including tenders for the construction of the chapel, 1869; contract with William Green of Leamington, builder, for the construction of the chapel, with bills and receipts for payments to same, 1869; letters from George Woodhouse of Bolton le Moors, architect of the new chapel, 1869-1871; bills for furnishings and fittings for the new chapel, 1869-1870; bankbook, cash account book, subscription and donor lists and two collectors' books for the new chapel fund, 1865-1870; bills and receipts of Thomas Mason, builder, for work done on converting the old chapel in Portland Street into a school