Building Name

Bethlehem (Calvinistic Methodist) Chapel and school, Lawson Road, Colwyn Bay

Date
1896 - 1897
Street
Lawson Road
District/Town
Colwyn Bay
County/Country
Clwyd, Wales
Client
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel Committee
Work
New build
Status
Converted to residential 2015

 

Bethlehem Methodist Chapel was built in 1896-1897 in the Lombardic/Italian style of the gable entry type, to the design of architects Booth, Chadwick & Porter. A school was added in 1903 and a library in 1906. Opened The chapel opened on 9 July 1897.

Archive        Denbighshire Archive Service. UDD/A/5/30/141
Reference    Building Control Plan no. 141: Chapel and school, Lawson Road, Colwyn Bay. 1 plan
Reference    Llandudno Advertiser 10 September 1896 – plans approved
Reference    Weekly News and Visitors’ Chronicle for Colwyn Bay 16 July 1897 page 3 - opening