| King Street Methodist Church, Derby | |
| Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Derby Central |
| Map Caption: | Location within Derby |
| Coordinates: | 52.9261°N -1.4803°W |
| Location: | Derby, Derbyshire |
| Country: | England |
| Denomination: | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Architect: | James Simpson |
| Completed Date: | 1841 |
| Demolished Date: | 1966 |
| Capacity: | 1,400 people. |
| Length: | 90feet |
| Width: | 64feet |
King Street Methodist Chapel was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Derby, Derbyshire.[1]
The first Methodist Chapel in Derby was built in St Michael's Lane in 1765. In 1805 a chapel was built in King-street to accommodate a congregation of 800 people. By 1840 it was insufficient for the congregation and a new building was planned.
The foundation stone of the new chapel building was laid on 29 October 1840.[2] It was built to the designs of the architect James Simpson of Leeds and opened on 29 September 1841.[3] Pevsner describes the building as having a fine, stately Grecian front with one-storeyed Greek Doric porch, and an upper floor with Ionic pilasters, arched windows and a pediment.
On either side of the chapel, a minister's house was built. The one on the left was occupied by the Reverend George Browne Macdonald (1805–1868), and his second wife Hannah (née Jones) (1809–1875), whose eleven children were:
It was demolished in 1966.
A pipe organ was installed in 1841 by Booth. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. When the church closed, the organ was moved to Queen's Hall Methodist Mission in Wigan.