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Sutton-in-Ashfield
New Cross Community Church

History

The first building on the site was a Primitive Methodist Sunday School that also served as a chapel. It was erected in 1896 and now serves as a Community Hall.

However, over time the Sunday School proved to be too small and the congregation started raising the necessary funds to build a separate chapel. A plot of land next to the school was purchased and the foundation stones were laid on Saturday, 20 September 1913. Four months later, on 10 January 1914, 'a new and commodious place of worship' was opened. It was built to the designs of Jefferis and North (architects of Nottingham and Sutton-in-Ashfield) and is constructed of brick with stone facings. The chapel could originally accommodate 260 people but a sliding partition allowed the adjoining school to be used for services as well.

Declining numbers attending the Methodist Chapel and the nearby church of St Michael and All Angels led to the formation of the New Cross Community Church: a Church of England and Methodist partnership. The Commissioning Service was held on 18 October 2000 when the Covenant for the Local Ecumenical Partnership was signed on behalf of St. Michael and All Angels Parochial Church Council and New Cross Methodist Church and the Ashfield Methodist Circuit.