Status Demolished Country England Designations Grade II listed Designation Listed building | Type Methodist chapel Completed 1910 (1910) Opened 1910 Cost 3,600 GBP Demolished 2011 | |
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Mellish Road Methodist Chapel was a grade II listed Methodist chapel in Mellish Road, Walsall, England, built in 1910.
The building was of limestone ashlar, with some exposed brick, and cost £3,600.
In the 1990s, subsidence caused by the flooding of disused mine-workings beneath the chapel caused a significant crack to appear in its walls. It was declared unsafe and abandoned. An arson attack in 2008 further weakened it, and - after being de-listed - it was demolished in 2011.
During demolition, its 50 feet (15 m) octagonal limestone spire was carefully dismantled and later, in 2015, offered for sale, with the initial asking price of £130,000.
The chapel's records are in the Walsall Local History Centre.
References
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