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
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]

References
  1. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1062522)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. Historic England. "Wesleyan Methodist Church  (Grade II) (1062522)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. Margaret Thatcher: her unswerving faith shaped by her father, Sunday Telegraph, 14 April 2013
  4. "Special service for Margaret Thatcher's family at Grantham Methodist church". Grantham Journal. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  5. "Friends of ChristChurch, Grantham"
  6. "About Us". ChristChurch Grantham. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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