{"id":1625,"date":"2016-09-29T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/?page_id=1625"},"modified":"2016-09-29T09:00:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T08:00:19","slug":"united-free-methodist-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/the-place\/churches-and-chapels-of-launceston\/united-free-methodist-church\/","title":{"rendered":"United Free Methodist Church"},"content":{"rendered":"
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United Free Methodist Church, St. Thomas Road.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the year 1834, some discontent arose among leading members of the Wesleyan body concerning the government of their church. This led to the formation of an important sect, which called itself the Wesleyan Association. Out of this grew, in the year 1849, a Wesleyan Reform Association, in 1857 these two societies amalgamated, and became the United Free Church Methodists. The earliest of these associations held its first meetings for divine service at Launceston, in the Western Subscription Rooms. (Now the offices of the Post & News local weekly newspaper group<\/em>)
\nIn 1840, the local members purchased the site of the present chapel, in the Station Road (St Thomas New Road<\/em>), opposite the Rev. Childs Clarke\u2019s Grammar School. This good building will accommodate 350 persons, and has a schoolroom on its basement floor. The adjoining preacher\u2019s house was built in the year 1876, and the chapel was reseated and otherwise improved in 1881. It is conveniently arranged as a place of worship, and has an enclosed frontage.<\/p>\n

East Cornwall Times, 11th September, 1875. To Builders. TENDERS are invited by the Trustees of the United Methodist Free Church Property, St Thomas Road, Launceston, for Building a New Residence for their Minister. Plans and Specifications may be seen at Mr H Burt\u2019s, Newport Square. Tenders to be delivered on or before Monday, the 27th. inst., to Mr John Nicolls, Clifton Villa. The Trustees do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender. Sep 11th, 1875.<\/em><\/p>\n

The buildings were closed as a chapel in 1946, and was purchased in 1947, becoming the Cornish Brush Factory, which then moved from Western Road. The business was later taken over by Mr John Hodgson, and continued to manufacture wire machine brushes until becoming too outdated for the business, which was then transferred to Dockacre, beneath part of Mr Gables garage.
\nThe old chapel and house then had a number of uses, becoming in turn, Mr Joe Vidler\u2019s Furniture Storage & Removals Depot, Mr Olver Harris\u2019 undertakers Chapel of Rest and garage, a music recording studio, a slot machine repair workshop, and later purchased and altered into residential flats c.1999. The old chapel was taken down in 1998, and rebuilt as accommodation flats, with parking spaces in the front.
\nIn November 2002, the old preacher\u2019s cottage in St Thomas Road was put up for sale through Miller & Son, of Launceston, with an asking price of \u00a3245,000 for the Freehold property.<\/p>\n

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