Wesleyan Methodist Church, Nantwich

In 1753, John Wesley was "saluted with curses and hard names", while that same year, George Whitefield was met by angry crowds who tried to drive a bull into his audience, but were foiled when the animal fell into a pit.

The society then purchased a site on Hospital Street for £700, on which they built a church and two preachers' houses, at a cost of £3,300.

[3] In 1835, a split occurred and several congregation members were expelled; they formed the Wesleyan Methodist Association, which met on Castle Street.

The church was substantially altered and enlarged in 1876 at a cost of around £2,300, with the addition of a new façade and new pews on the interior; it then seated over a thousand.

[5] On 3 January 1908, the school burned down and was replaced with the existing building, which opened on 27 September 1909 at a cost of £2,000, raised by the local circuit.

[11] The former Wesleyan Methodist Church is a two-storey building in red brick, which is set well back from the street.

The front façade is gabled, with stone dressings, and is flanked with tall brick pilasters.