Methodist Chapel, Marlborough Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire

BANBURY - A new Wesleyan Chapel has been opened in Banbury. The total cost of the building is between £5,000 and £6,000, and the work has been done by Mr. Albert Kimberley, builder, of Banbury, the architect being Mr. Woodhouse, of Bolton. The chapel will accommodate about 1,200 people, and the free sittings are 200. [Building News 26 May 1865 page 383]

BANBURY - The new Wesleyan chapel in Banbury has been opened. The architect was Mr. Woodhouse, of Bolton, Lancashire. The work has been executed by Mr. A. Kimberley, of Banbury, the original contract price being £3,400, exclusive of the spire, which was estimated to cost about £300. The actual cost has, it is said, run up, including sundry extras, to between £5,000l. and £6,000. The material of the chapel is of Brackley and Bath stone. The interior is calculated to seat from 1,100 to 1,200 hearers, the free sittings being about 200. The pulpit built by Mr. Kimberley is of carved oak, upon a base of stone, the communion-table with its enclosed railing being immediately in front of it. The pillars at the main entrances to the chapel are of red Mansfield stone. The roof is an open one, and the galleries are supported on cast-iron pillars. The windows have a stained edging, while over the pulpit is one of more deeply stained glass. [Builder 3 June 1865 page 402]

Reference    Building News 26 May 1865 page 383
Reference    Builder 3 June 1865 page 402

Scheme included Minister's House and Church Hall