in Stoke-on-Trent
in Stoke-on-Trent
| Area Burslem |
Street Waterloo Road |
Heritage No. 25A |
Grade II |
Date Listed 19 April 1972 |
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Broadhurst Brothers 'Argyle' pottery works
photo: May 1988
standing on the corner of Waterloo Road and Regent Street East (renamed in the early 1950's to Zion Street).
Built in 1824 as the Bethel Methodist Church. This chapel with its five bays and the bay pediment, was built at a time of religious fervor. The wings provided space for schoolrooms and the preachers house. Originally the facade, like the sides, was of brick; stucco was added much later. The impressive galleried interior sat a thousand worshipers, at a time when Burslem's entire population was not much more than 12,000.
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