George Street Particular Baptist Church

George Street Particular Baptist Church
Former George Street Particular Baptist Church, now an Arts Theatre
52°57′15″N 1°08′42″W / 52.95429°N 1.14489°W / 52.95429; -1.14489Coordinates: 52°57′15″N 1°08′42″W / 52.95429°N 1.14489°W / 52.95429; -1.14489
Location Nottingham
Country England
Denomination Particular Baptist
Architecture
Architect(s) Edward Staveley
Completed 16 August 1815
Construction cost £6,000 (equivalent to £407,851 in 2016) [1]

George Street Particular Baptist Church was a former Baptist Church in Nottingham from 1815[2] to 1948. The building is now used as an Arts Theatre.

History

The congregation had its roots in Friar Lane Baptist Church, which it outgrew by the early nineteenth century. It commissioned a new building on George Street which opened in 1815. It was built to designs by the architect Edward Staveley.[3] It had seating for 1,000 people. The congregation also formed Cross Street Baptist Church in Arnold, Nottingham.

In 1847 the church underwent a schism and part of the congregation left to form Derby Road Particular Baptist Church.

It was remodelled as a Co-operative Theatre in 1948 by A.H. Betts.

Ministers

  • John Jarman 1803 - 1830
  • James Edwards 1830 - ????

Organ

The church was the first Baptist church in Nottingham to purchase an organ, which it did in 1847. It was erected by Messrs. Bevington and Sons of London, at a cost of £220 (equivalent to £18,451 in 2016) [1] (It is possible that the church authorities had seen the organ by the same builders erected the previous year in St. Paul's Church on the opposite side of George Street.)

References

  1. 1 2 UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. ↑ The Baptist Magazine, 1815, p.483
  3. ↑ The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner.
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