St Peter
Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
St Peter's was designed by famous Victorian architect, Hodgson Fowler and although only just over a hundred years old it already has an interesting history.
Seven years later this chapel was too small to accommodate the congregation of this rapidly growing village and consequently, in 1906, many money raising events were held to fund a new building adjacent to the Broadway and in front of the old chapel. The cost of the building was estimated at £4000 before the addition of the spire.
The opening ceremony for the chapel was on 5th August 1907. In common with many places of worship, of every denomination, congregations at Sunday services dwindled during the second half of the 20th century and with the building requiring not only repairs but a complete new roof it was decided that the large chapel should be sold and the proceeds used to alter the old buildings to the rear to make them suitable for Sunday worship, Sunday school, social events and meetings.
This large old Methodist chapel has now passed into private ownership and is being used by a local business.
