Location Name - Wesley's House and The Museum of Methodism
49 City Road
London EC1Y 1AU

Location ID: 10137137

Phone 1:020 7253 2262

Website:
http://www.wesleychapel.org.uk (Wesley's Chapel and Leysian Mission)

Email: [email protected]

 
Styles: Period 1700-1800, Georgian

Categories:
MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND INSTITUTES - Museums
RESIDENTIAL - Houses, historic town

Description:
Complex of Grade I/II listed Georgian buildings including large tree-lined Georgian courtyard, large Georgian Methodist Chapel with Victorian fittings (please see separate entry), small Georgian townhouse with period furniture and decor - nine rooms, plus hall and stairways. A hidden jewel. Wesley's House was the home of the Rev. John Wesley the founder of Methodism. The Museum of Methodism is in the Crypt of the Chapel. It explores the history of Methodism from Wesley's time to the present. There are two big halls and two meeting rooms in addition to the main chapel and a smaller morning chapel.

Jurisdictions::
Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington

photos:

photo ID#: 3735486