The building had been sold to Philip Astley, operating as Astley's Amphitheatre from 1789 to 1812, then the actor Henry Johnstone, intended to develop it as a theatre, however it reverted back to the Molyneux and was leased to a charity as an asylum for blind women.

[5] It was an exclusively Protestant institution, with all pupils educated in the principles of the Church of England.

Dr. Charles Marley Fleury, in Peter St. and continuing with the move to Leeson Park.

Over the years the term Molineux House and Molyneux Institute for Blind Females, began to be used, dropping the outdated word Asylum in the name.

In 1943 it was developed by Jacob's Biscuit factory; some of the Chapel walls are incorporated into newer buildings.

As the area grew a chapel of ease St. Columba's, Ranelagh, (the tin church) was founded.

In 1972 the Methodist Congregation from St. Stephens Green, began to share the church for worship.

[4] In 2006 The Methodist Centenary Congregation[13] developed Wesley House on Leeson Park site.

[14] From June 2005 the church was used to hold services for the Romanian Orthodox Community, with Fr.