Grove Lane Baptist Church
From Site
- Established: 1840
- Type: Baptist
- Minister: Reverend Martin Kernick
- Address: Pingate Lane South, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 7NP
- Telephone: 0161 439 3515
- Website: http://www.grovelane.org.uk
Grove Lane Baptist Church is one of the oldest churches in Cheadle Hulme, though its current premises were only built in the mid-1990s.
History
A man named William Fowden, who lived in a farmhouse at the end of what is now Chapel Walks (in what is now Westminster Drive), was becoming increasingly concerned with the welfare of the people who lived in the Grove Lane hamlet. In response to this, he paid for the original chapel to be built, on the corner of Chapel Walks and Pingate Lane South. It was a plain brick building, and it was opened in January 1840. The first vicar was John Alcorn, who stayed at Grove Lane for 21 years. In 1846, Fowden built a school on Grove Lane, to serve as a day and Sunday school.
Over the years, the church served the community well for religious purposes, in addition to social activities. The school was enlarged in 1926, and the building was used as a Sunday school and social institute. In 1974, a new church hall opened on Pingate Lane, costing £14,553 (around £110,000 today), and in 1997 the original chapel was demolished and replaced with a new building nearby. The school on Grove Lane is still there.
Pictured right is the school on Grove Lane.
| Churches |
| Church of England |
| All Saints Church • Emmanuel Church • St Andrew's Church |
| Others |
| Cheadle Hulme Methodist Church • Cheadle Hulme United Reformed Church • Christian Science First Church • Grove Lane Baptist Church • New Hope Community Church • Quakers Religious Society of Friends • St Ann's Church |
