Penryn Methodist Church for sale with Laskowski and Co

The decision to close Penryn Methodist Church was taken last year when it was announced the building would close by summer 2023, due to its financial situation becoming unsustainable.

The church said at the time the building needed some restoration work and it did not have the funds to keep it going.

The Grade II Listed building was built in 1891 and is being offered for sale through local estate agents Laskowski and Co. Both the former Methodist Church and Methodist Hall are included.

The church was built in 1891 (Image: Laskowski and Co)

The church is described as a substantial, landmark with separate two-storey former Methodist Hall, located within the centre of Penryn’s bustling high street.

Laskowski say it is “an exciting conversion/development opportunity”, totalling over 11,000 square foot on a freehold plot of approximately 0.2 acres.

“No doubt this will be of great appeal to a wide variety of prospective buyers, therefore we strongly recommend a viewing is arranged as soon as possible,” says Laskowski and Co.

The church is for sale freehold by informal tender by 12 noon on July 31. Only offers above £250,000 will be accepted.

The rear building is included (Image: Laskowski and Co)

A site was acquired on the main street to the build Penryn Weslyan Church after the other chapel in West Street became to small for the congregation.

The foundation stone was laid on August 17, 1891 by the architect, J W Trounson. The chapel was built by Carkeek of Redruth with the stonework done by John Freeman & Co of Penryn using local granite.

The new chapel could seat 450 people on the ground floor and another 400 people in the gallery. The cost of the building work was £5,000, which did not include the cost of buying the land, and it took 40 years to pay it off.

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The chapel opened on February 14, 1893, with a service attended by the mayor, Mr J M Thomas, and corporation of Penryn. Dr J H Rigg preached the sermon, which lasted nearly an hour, and there were a band and choir conducted by the mayor.

The chapel was bombed in 1941 and worship was shared with the Bible Christian Chapel in West Street.

In 1979 the Bible Christian Chapel in West Street closed and the congregation joined the Weslyan Chapel, with the amalgamation renaming the Chapel – Penryn Methodist Church.