Obley Primitive Methodist Chapel, Shropshire

Obley Primitive Methodist Chapel was built and opened in the year 1880. It is still situated at a staggered crossroads in a very isolated and rural area. The chapel was small and basic with seating on forms for 80 persons. There is a little decorative embellishment around the windows and it has a pleasing Chapel plaque. The Chapel was used for worship until the 1970s when it was closed and sold. It was at sometime converted into residential use.  When visited in 2020, the building was being used as ‘holiday lets’.

Photos taken August 2020 by E. & R. Pearce.

More information about this chapel can be viewed by following the link to Shropshire’s Nonconformist Chapels.

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  • WELLINGTON JOURNAL, Saturday 17 April 1880, page 1.
    “TO BUILDERS.
    The Trustees are prepared to receive TENDERS for the ERECTION of a PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL at The Obley (4 miles distant from Hopton Heath Station, Central Wales Railway). Plans and specifications may be inspected at Mr. RICHARD JONES’S, Church Street, Clun. Tenders to be sent in to the Rev. W. Hall, Bishop’s Castle, not later than May 7th, 1800.”
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    WELLINGTON JOURNAL, Saturday 25 September 1880, page 7.
    “THE OBLEY”
    OPENING OF A PRIMITIE METHODIST NEW CHAPEL. A want which has long been felt in this neighbourhood and outlying portion of Clunbury parish, of a suitable place in which to hold religious services, has at length been supplied by the erecting of a pretty Primitive Methodist Chapel, on an excellent site generously given by Mr. Thomas Davies (of the Pool House, Obley). The foundation stones were laid in May last, and on Sunday last, the new edifice was opened for Divine worship by Mr. J. Nott (of Brampton Brian), an old and tried friend to the Primitive Methodist Connexion, who, afternoon and evening, preached excellent sermons to large and respectable congegations. The collections at the services amounted to upwards of £7. On Monday a tea meeting … was held … A largely-attended public meeting was afterwards held in the chapel, when Mr. Richard Jones (of Clun) was unanimously called upon to preside, and able addresses were delivered by Mr. George Edwards (Clun), and the Revs. W. Hall and L. Miles (ministers of the Bishop’s Castle circuit, of which Obley forms a part) … The architect of the building in Mr. T. Evans, Brampton Brian, and the work has been executed by Messrs. Jones & Son, builders, Bishop’s Castle, most satisfactorily. The style is Gothic; and the total cost about £140 (exclusive of the hauling and part of the materials, which were gratiutously furnished). The amount contributed towards the erection is about £70.”
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    By Janice Cox (10/11/2020)

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