St Ann's Well Road Congregational Church is a former Congregational Church on St Ann's Well Road in

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History

The congregational was established from

Castle Gate Congregational Centre Castle Gate Congregational Centre is in Nottingham. It is a Grade II listed building. History The congregation formed in the 1650s. The first meeting house on Castle Gate, Nottingham, Castle Gate was established in 1689 under the Act of Tolerat ...

. The church was built on the corner of St Ann’s Well Road and Alfred Street in Nottingham. It was designed by architect

Richard Charles Sutton Richard Charles Sutton was an architect based in Nottingham. He was born 1834 and died on 18 October 1915. He was a member of Nottingham City Council from 1887 to 1901. Career He was articled to Samuel Sanders Teulon and commenced independent p ...

and constructed by Mr. Wright of Portland Road. It cost £1,600 and had seating for 500 people. It was opened on 16 March 1870.Nottinghamshire Guardian - Friday 18 March 1870

Stanwell Players

The church gained a reputation for its drama group, the ''Stanwell Players'', formed in July 1946. Their first production was ''Little Ladyship'' in January 1947. Profits were donated to charitable causes, initially the

London Missionary Society The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams. It was largely Reformed in outlook, with Congregational miss ...

. When the Church closed in 1970, the Stanwell Players moved to

, and in 1975 to St. Andrew with Castlegate United Reformed Church. The group closed in 1991.

Closure

It closed in 1970 and the congregation merged with

. Due to the redevelopment of the St Ann's area the church was subsequently demolished.

Ministers

*Robert Dawson 1870 - 1881 *James Bruce 1881 - 1883 *Walter J.S. Davis 1883 - 1888 *C.N. Barham 1889 - 1894 *John D. Allen 1896 - 1904 *Heber Rosier 1905 - 1912 *John Frankland 1912 - 1920 *William H. Tame 1920 - 1922 *Stanley B. Green 1923 - 1928 *Ronald K. Ross 1929 - 1971

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Ann's Well Road Congregational Church Religious organizations established in 1870 Churches completed in 1870 Religious organizations disestablished in 1970 Congregational churches in Nottingham