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JANUARY 2009
THE 200-year-old Nantwich Methodist Church
building will be converted into apartments, according to a report in the
Nantwich Chronicle (January 21). The change is being "backed by council
leaders", says the report.
Regenesis, a Nantwich
firm, will construct eight apartments and add a three-storey townhouse
and garage (see below). With the rear of the site hard up against the Gullet car
park, and no space at the side, presumably the town house will be built
in front of the church building. It will be a pity to lose the view of
the front of the church, as seen right.
Some people had hoped that the
old church could have become a concert venue. Nantwich Town Council
looked at it as a new venue, but the costs of converting it apparently
proved prohibitive.
THE final service at the Methodist church
was their
Annual Covenant Service on Sunday, January 4. The congregation
left the church towards
the end of the service and crossed the road to the new church (in the
former schoolroom) as a symbol of moving to the building.
The schoolroom conversion (at a
cost of £1.2million) was made possible by the sale of the
old church plus the Welsh Row Methodist Church. The building was
officially opened on Saturday, January 17, but because of the size of
the premises, and the number of people who would have liked to be present, the
event was by invitation only.
Nantwich Choral Society gave the last concert in the old church -
singing Handel's "Messiah" on Saturday, January 3.
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