New Buildings.
The new suite of buildings shown below, named the Congregational
Church Centre, has access for the disabled and convenient, nearby
parking. It is available for the use of other town groups/ organisations.
More details of church services and activities can be found at marketharboroughonline.
Inside the Jubilee Hall.
The ComKnet open evening in November 2000, makes use of the excellent
facilities on offer at the newly refurbished hall.
Looking back.
In the early part of the last Century, photographic postcards of local
places were very popular. The one above shows the interior of the
chapel in 1912, and apart from the lighting down the sides, remains
very much the same today!
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Congregational
Chapel
This handsome, Georgian style building with it's white brickwork and fluted
Ionic and Corinthian columns, was designed by architect William Flint
of Leicester, and stands on the corner of the High
Street and Bowden Lane. It was built on the site of The Old Chapel
house in 1844, at a cost of £3,000.
The Jubilee Hall.
In December 1885 Isaac Clark and William Symington laid the foundation
stones to what was to become the Jubilee Hall, so named to commemorate
Clark's fifty years as the superintendent of the Sunday school. It was
erected on the plot immediately behind the Chapel, and was completed the
following year.
The large capacity of the hall, some 50' x 40', has lent itself well over
the years as a function room, and many will remember the blood doning
sessions held there from the 60's to the present day, as well as its frequent
use as a Poling Station for the North Ward of the town.
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