Former Bodmin Street Wesleyan Reform Chapel (now Bodmin Street Masjid)
Location/Address
Bodmin Street, Attercliffe, S9
Type
Description
Two-storey brick Nonconformist chapel with carved inscription 'Reform Chapel 1890' in pediment and inscribed foundation stones at street level. Closed circa 1966. After some years of dereliction, converted to the Jamiyat Tableegh ul Islam Mosque. Inserted floor divides the two-storey worship space, but balcony front and alcove for organ remain visible.
Statement of Significance
Rarity
The only intact survivor of numerous Nonconformist places of worship in surrounding streets.Architectural and Artistic Interest
Surviving nineteenth-century building in an area subject to clearance 1970-1990.Group Value
Historic Interest
Representative of Wesleyan Reform Union, which remained independent of the 1932 reunion of the present-day Methodist Church. Foundation stones laid by major figures in local politics and Nonconformist religion: o Jethro Chambers – steel manufacturer, Effingham Mills, Stoke Street near Don Terrace; Attercliffe councillor, died 1896 o Samson Chambers, apparently brother of Jethro Chambers o Sir Robert Abbott Hadfield, Bt (1858-1940) – Attercliffe-born steel manufacturer, inventor of manganese steel, Master Cutler (1899), knight (1908), FRS (1909), baronet (1917) o Sir Frederick Thorpe Mappin (1821-1910) – cutlery manufacturer, youngest ever Master Cutler (1851), Mayor (1877-78), MP for East Retford (1880-85) and Hallamshire (1885-1905), baronet (1886) o Mrs E S Bramwell, wife of Edwin Scarth Bramwell JP owner of Bramwell & Co, Henry Street, Sheffield, former vestry clerk for Sheffield Township (died April 19th 1929)Landmark Status
Located away from main road but stands as a landmark among low-rise modern buildings.
Date Listed
n/a
Last Updated
23 Aug 2022
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