Finkin Street Methodist Church

Finkin Street Chapel is a Grade II[1][2] listed building in Grantham, Lincolnshire. The Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1840 and was the childhood church of Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[3][4]

Finkin Street Methodist Church
Front of the church
Finkin Street Methodist Church is located in Lincolnshire
Finkin Street Methodist Church
Finkin Street Methodist Church
52.912606°N 0.641278°W / 52.912606; -0.641278
LocationGrantham
CountryEngland
DenominationMethodist
History
StatusChapel
Founded1840
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II

The chapel has a lectern dedicated to Thatcher's father, Alfred Roberts, who was a local preacher there.[4]

In 2008, the congregation of the Central Methodist Church, Finkin Street joined with the congregation of St Peter's Hill United Reformed Church in Castlegate to form a local ecumenical partnership, ChristChurch Grantham. A decision was then taken in April 2011 to keep the Methodist premises on Finkin Street and sell the URC premises on Castlegate.[5] The congregation meeting weekly in the chapel is now known as ChristChurch.[6]

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