George Street Particular Baptist Church

George Street Particular Baptist Church
Former George Street Particular Baptist Church, now an Arts Theatre
52°57′15″N 1°08′42″W / 52.95429°N 1.14489°W / 52.95429; -1.14489Coordinates: 52°57′15″N 1°08′42″W / 52.95429°N 1.14489°W / 52.95429; -1.14489
Location	Nottingham
Country	England
Denomination	Particular Baptist
Architecture
Architect(s)
Completed	16 August 1815
Construction cost	£6,000 (equivalent to £454,357 in 2020) [1]

George Street Particular Baptist Church was a former Baptist Church in Nottingham from 1815^[2] to 1948. The building is now in use as Nottingham Arts Theatre.

History[]

The congregation had its roots in Friar Lane Baptist Church, which it outgrew by the early nineteenth century. It commissioned a new building on George Street which opened in 1815. It was built to designs by the architect Edward Staveley.^[3] It had seating for 1,000 people. The congregation also formed Cross Street Baptist Church in Arnold, Nottingham.

In 1847 the church underwent a schism and part of the congregation left to form Derby Road Particular Baptist Church.

It was remodelled as a Co-operative Theatre in 1948 by A.H. Betts.

Ministers[]

• John Jarman 1803 - 1830
• James Edwards 1830 - ????

Organ[]

The church was the first Baptist church in Nottingham to purchase an organ, which it did in 1847. It was erected by Messrs. Bevington and Sons of London, at a cost of £220 (equivalent to £20,555 in 2020) ^[1] (It is possible that the church authorities had seen the organ by the same builders erected the previous year in St. Paul's Church on the opposite side of George Street.)

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