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(Old postcard and some information about Cowley Road Methodist Church added)
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This is the Cowley Road Methodist Church.
 
This is the Cowley Road Methodist Church.
  
==Before then?==
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<font face="courier new">[[File:wesley_hall.jpg|frame| Cowley Road Wesleyan Church in c.1900]]</font>
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<span class="big_text">Wesley Hall</span> on the corner of Jeune Street is an Arts and Crafts stone Gothic building. The ''Oxford Chronicle'' for 23&nbsp;October 1903 (p. 7, col. f) reports:
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The Wesleyan church and schools are in course of erection in Cowley Road from designs of Mr.&nbsp;Stephen Salter, F.R.I.B.A., the builders being Messrs. Kingerlee and Sons, of Oxford. The church is built to seat 700, and the schools 500. The total cost will be nearly £9,000. The church is in Handborough stone with Bath stone tracings. The architect has striven to avoid the usual “stock pattern” buildings so much in vogue for this class of work.
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The church was opened in 1904 and the above postcard dates from soon after that time.
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It was renamed Cowley Road Methodist Church in 1934.
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The church&nbsp;was divided at gallery level and completely renovated in 1984.
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== Before then? ==
  
 
Cowleyroad.org is a DIY community history - help us write it!
 
Cowleyroad.org is a DIY community history - help us write it!
  
Do you know more about this business, or remember what was at this address before?  
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Do you know more about this business, or remember what was at this address before? Do you have any old photographs or memories to share? Please add them to the site! Here is a [[How_to_contribute|how-to guide]].
Do you have any old photographs or memories to share?
 
Please add them to the site! Here is a [[How to contribute | how-to guide]].
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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This is the Cowley Road Methodist Church.

Cowley Road Wesleyan Church in c.1900

Wesley Hall on the corner of Jeune Street is an Arts and Crafts stone Gothic building. The Oxford Chronicle for 23 October 1903 (p. 7, col. f) reports:

The Wesleyan church and schools are in course of erection in Cowley Road from designs of Mr. Stephen Salter, F.R.I.B.A., the builders being Messrs. Kingerlee and Sons, of Oxford. The church is built to seat 700, and the schools 500. The total cost will be nearly £9,000. The church is in Handborough stone with Bath stone tracings. The architect has striven to avoid the usual “stock pattern” buildings so much in vogue for this class of work.

The church was opened in 1904 and the above postcard dates from soon after that time.

It was renamed Cowley Road Methodist Church in 1934.

The church was divided at gallery level and completely renovated in 1984.

Before then?

Cowleyroad.org is a DIY community history - help us write it!

Do you know more about this business, or remember what was at this address before? Do you have any old photographs or memories to share? Please add them to the site! Here is a how-to guide.

References