ARCHITECTURE OF NEW CHAPEL:-

The new building is in the XV1 Century Gothic style. The entrance of the Church was screened by two pairs of double doors, but recently the first doors were replaced by more open glass ones. The entrance lobby is faced with red Bawsey brick. The sanctuary is 55 feet long and 40 feet wide (16.7m x 12.2m). The main walls are 18 inches (460 mm) thick. On either side of the Church are three five-light mullion-traceried windows, with a six-light window in the western transept. The circular Rose window is 9 feet in diameter.

The front elevation displays a main central entrance, with bold buttresses on either side, finished with octagon ornaments. The pierced transom above the door and the three windows are good examples of cusped tracery. At each angle is an octagonal buttress, with panelled turret and dome. Plinths, mouldings, bands, dressings and copings, are in Monk's Park stone, the base and angles in Snettisham Carr stone, and the fillings finished in Random rubble. The side elevation is faced with red Bawsey bricks.

The architect is Mr. F. Sidney Webber of London and the builder Mr. F. Giddings of St. Ives.

THE HUNTS COUNTY NEWS (Saturday May 27th 1905) Page 5:-

"The success of the Wesleyan gatherings at St. Ives on Wednesday shows in a marked manner the vitality which characterizes Methodism in the district. Even at the prayer meeting at 6 o'clock in the morning, there were over a hundred people present. . .  including one lady who had walked all the way from Warboys. Apparently the local Wesleyans have cause to be proud of their energy and earnestness as they have of the new chapel which they have just built."

6:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting, in the School Room, conducted by the Rev. John Gawthrop.

3:00 p.m. Hymn and Prayer, commenced with the hymn "Jesus where'er thy people meet", heartily joined in by a large company of Wesleyans and friends from all parts of the County. The dense crowd around the Chapel were both inside and outside of the railings. A prayer by the Rev. J. W. Houghton was followed by the united recital of the Lord's Prayer.

Rev. G. R. Holt Shafto read the necessary legal documents connected with the new Church, e.g. the notice of the registration as a place for the solemnization of marriages. He added that the Twentieth Century Fund had granted £800, on condition that the debt remaining was only £1500 (applause).

Rev. J. Gawthrop introduced the architect Mr. F. S. Webber. Mr. Webber then handed Mrs Gawthrop a silver key with which to unlock the door. She said, ". . . I have with very great pleasure in declaring the building open . . . with the belief that it might be indeed the house of God, the house of His glory and that many souls might find grace in it" (applause). The people quickly crowded in, extra seats needed.

3:30 p.m. Dedicatory Sermon by Rev. Silvester Whitehead, President of the Wesleyan Conference, his text being II Cor. IV 8.

5:00 p.m. Substantial Tea, in the New Schoolroom, cost 1/- each.

7:00 p.m. Public Meeting, in the New Church. Rev. Gawthrop thanked God for the good weather and that during the building proceedings no accidents had happened to any of the workmen. A financial report followed and then the choir sang "Send forth Thy Light". Meeting closed with the Doxology.