High Town Primitive Methodist Chapel, Luton

The new building will stand side by side with the present chapel and will seat 900. The present erection will be used for school purposes. The contract has been sealed for £2,566. The architects are Messrs J. O. and S. J. Mould of Walthamstow, and their sketch of the front elevation promises a more elegant creation than some of the chapels which might be named. The front is ornamented by a clock tower surmounted by a campanile bearing a leaden roof and turret, Entrance is obtained through iron gates abutting on the pavement and two doorways, arched. [Luton Times and Advertiser 26 February 1897 page 5]

PRIMITIVE METHODISM IN LUTON.  STONE LAYING AT HIGH TOWN - Fine weather favoured the High Town Primitive Methodists again on Monday, the occasion of laying of memorial stones for the new chapel on behalf of the Sunday school. The foundation stones of the building having recently been laid, the builders had advanced far enough with the work for these additional stones to be placed in a conspicuous position at some height from ground. Among those laying a stone was J D Mould He said that he had to do with a number of chapels but that this was the first occasion on which the body of trustees had invited him to lay a stone. [Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle - Thursday 27 May 1897 page 3]

Memorial stones laid 26 April 1897 by Rt Hon Lord Battersea. [Luton News 29 April 1897 page 3]

Reference    Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle – 11 March 1897; 4 November 1897
Reference    Luton Times and Advertiser – 6 & 27 May 1898