Borrowash Methodist Church
| Borrowash Methodist Church | |
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Borrowash Methodist Church | |
| 52°54′23″N 1°22′47″W / 52.906493°N 1.37965°WCoordinates: 52°54′23″N 1°22′47″W / 52.906493°N 1.37965°W | |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Website | borrowashmethodistchurch.com |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | John Wills |
| Completed | 1900 |
| Construction cost | £2,250 |
Borrowash Methodist Church is in Borrowash. Derbyshire.
History
The church was built by the contractor Henry Vernon of Derby, to designs by John Wills, who in the same year built an almost identical chapel in Beeston - (see Queen's Road Methodist Church). The church was opened on 30 May 1900.[1]
The building was designed for 415 people and cost around £2,250 (equivalent to £219,551 in 2015).[2]
Organ
The church has a pipe organ by J.H. Adkins of Derby from 1920. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[3]
References
- ↑ Derby Daily Telegraph, Thursday 31 May 1900
- ↑ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
- ↑ http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=G01286
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