Information for record number MWA2417:
Wesleyan Reform Chapel, Clarendon Street, Leamington Spa

Summary A Wesleyan Reform Chapel built in the Imperial period and located on Clarendon Street. It was converted into housing by the end of the 19th century, but some features remain.
What Is It?  
Type: Chapel, Wesleyan Reform Union Chapel
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Leamington Spa
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 32 66
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
Source Number  

1 In 1852 some members of the Portland Street chapel (PRN 2406) broke away and established the Wesleyan Reform chapel. By 1887 it has been sold and converted into a private residence. Enough of its main elevation still survives intact to recall its original use as a chapel.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Royal Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Cave L F
Date: 1988
Page Number: 174
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Glossary

 
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back
monument WESLEYAN REFORM UNION CHAPEL * A place of worship for followers of the Wesleyan Reform Union, a movement formed in 1859 by those members of the Methodist Reform Church who did not join the Wesleyan Association. back
monument SPA * A medicinal or mineral spring often with an associated building. back

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