Central Methodist Church, Lincoln (formerly known as Portland Place Methodist Church) is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

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in the city of

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, England. It is an active place of worship in the

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area of the city near

St Peter at Gowts St Peter at Gowts is a Grade I listed parish church in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. History The church dates from the 11th century. The north aisle and porch were built in 1852 to designs of William Adams Nicholson. The chancel was enlarged ...

church. It is one of the most unique listed buildings in Lincoln.

History

The church was built in 1905 and originally opened as Portland Place Methodist Church, it was opened to serve the

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branch of

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and was built by local architects, Howdill & Sons. The church has continued to play an important role in the local community for over 100 years and was added to

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s listed buildings where it was given a Grade II listing in 1999.

Functions

The church is open to the public and holds religious services, and community events, and has a community shop selling groceries for the community, its called the "Lincoln Community Grocery". It is also part of the Lincolnshire Methodist Churches list, which includes other methodist churches in Lincoln and other places in Lincolnshire.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lincoln Central Methodist Church Church of England church buildings in Lincolnshire Grade II listed churches in Lincolnshire Central Methodist Church

History

Functions

See also: Churches in Lincoln

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