Building record TQ 53 NE 458 - Former Vale Royal Methodist Church, Tunbridge Wells

The Vale Royal Methodist Church was built in 1874. It is shown on the 1897-1900, 1907-23, 1929-52 and current O/S maps. However, the site was sold in 2012 and is currently not in use. (1-3)

Wesleyan Methodist chapel built in Vale Road in 1812. It was rebuilt in 1873 by Charles Bell, has a gabled front faced with polygonal masonry, corner buttresses rising to tall finials and a triple-arched porch raised high above street level. (4)

<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

<2> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

<3> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

<4> Christopher Stell, 2002, An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England (Bibliographic reference). SKE58544.