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This work was erected to commemorate the New Room founded by John Wesley in 1739.

Title

John Wesley (1703–1791)

Date

1932

Medium

bronze & limestone

Measurements

H 240 x W 240 x D 70 cm;
Plinth: H 22 x W 250 x D 140 cm

Accession number

BS1_PF_S107

Acquisition method

erected by New Room Trustees

Work type

Statue

Owner

British Methodist Conference

Custodian

British Methodist Conference

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

04/03/77

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

a. g. walker. sc. / 1932

Inscription description

A. B. BURTON / FOUNDER; related tablet on the entrance arch: THIS CHAPEL WAS BUILT BY / JOHN WESLEY / A.D.1739 / AND KNOWN AS THE / NEW ROOM / IN THE HORSE FAIR. / HE REBUILT AND ENLARGED IT / A.D. 1748 / IT WAS ACQUIRED FOR THE USE OF / THE WELSH CALVINISTIC / METHODIST CHURCH / A.D. 1808: / REPURCHASED AND RESTORED / BY PRIVATE BENEFACTION / A.D. 1929 / GIVEN TO THE / WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH / AND RE-OPENED / 13TH FEBRUARY 1930.

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