Churches and Chapels of Stoke-on-Trent

Bethel Methodist - Burslem

Built in 1824 as the Bethel Methodist Church

Currently: 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.

This is a listed building