St Ives Methodist Church
St Ives Methodist Church
St Ives Methodist Church stands on The Waits beside the River Great Ouse in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. The congregation traces meetings to 1784 and a first chapel of 1815; the present building opened in 1905 after land from The Waits to West Street was bought in 1902.
- Location
- St Ives, Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- City / town
- St Ives
- Address
- The Waits, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5BY
- Postcode
- PE27 5BY
- Built
- 1905; refurbished after fire 1996–97
- Denomination
- Methodist Church
- Dedication
- Ives
- Style
- Edwardian chapel
- Materials
- Faced with Snettisham / Norfolk carrstone
- Grid reference
- TL 313 712
- Opening hours
- Our only public access is during coffee on The Waits from 10am to 12noon each Thursday.
- Access
- Accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas. Non-accessible toilets in church
- Website
- https://www.simc.co.uk/
Overview
The church states that carrstone for the 1905 chapel was brought down the river from Norfolk on the last barge to make that journey. Capturing Cambridge records the facade as Snettisham carstone and notes demolition of the 1815 chapel in 1904. John Wesley preached in St Ives in 1774. During both world wars the building served as a Red Cross hospital.
A fire on 10 January 1996 gutted much of the interior, including the organ; a full refurbishment followed in 1997. A centenary was kept in 2005, and a further accessibility and heating project ran from 2015. The building is not identified on the National Heritage List for England. No architect is named in the parish history.