Building record 179/28/0 - Primitive Methodist Chapel, Welsh Row

The first maps to show this Primitive Methodist chapel are the OS First Edition 1:528 (1851) (4) and 1:2500 (1876) (1). The movement first preached in Nantwich in 1817, but several years elapsed before the society obtained a footing in the town. In 1826 they purchased a building in Marsh Lane for 100 pounds, and fitted it with seats, a gallery and a pulpit. The chapel continued as a place of worship until 1837, when the building on Welsh Row was opened (2). The building has two storeys and is built of red brick (3).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, Sheet LVI 13 1876 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<2> Hall J, 1883, A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich or Wich-Malbank in the County Palatine of Chester, p403 (Book). SCH80.

<3> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, VolA 146 p34 (Report). SCH1934.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1851, Nantwich Board of Health Map, 1851 (Maps and Plans). SCH2431.

<5> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), 1994, An Inventory of Non-Conformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in the North of England, Cheshire Number 105 (Book). SCH4548.