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The Methodist Chapel in Peverell Park Road lies between Glendower Road and Westbourne Road. Originally an iron chapel was constructed on this site, built in 1896 by Mr C L Duke. It was soon decided to erect a limestone building and the foundation stone of this was laid on Wednesday May 4th 1904. It was designed by Mr H J Snell and constructed by Messrs A R Lethbridge & Sons. The cost of purchasing the site, including the erection of the temporary building, was £1,300. The cost of the new venture, which included large schoolrooms at the rear, was expected to be around £4,500. Donations were readily forthcoming, ranging from Sir John Jackson's £10 and Mr Isaac Foot's £5 down to the £1 each from Mrs Bewes and Mr Edward Watts. A Mrs Thomas had managed to collect together small donations amounting to £1 1s 6d. (That might have comprised 258 donations of one penny.) The Mayor of Plymouth, Mr Henry Hurrell, who lived in a villa at the Pennycross end of Peverell, then laid the foundation stone, amid ringing cheers. He had just returned from a visit to Palestine and commented that he had witnessed there 'the result of a people forgetting its God. He donated £25 to the cause. Other stones were then laid by Mr J W Spear, Member of Parliament, Misses Mary Corderoy and Trembath, Mrs J May Grose, Mrs J H Beckly, Rear-Admiral Lemon, Messrs J C Brown, G Shellabear, J Partridge, F H Thomas, and A G Crowle, and Master Noel Corderoy. Miss Maud Cory laid a stone on behalf of the Mutley Busy Bees and Mrs Bennetto laid one on behalf of the Sunday School. Each of those who laid a stone was presented with a handsomely-bound copy of the revised version of the Bible, bearing an inscription commemorating the occasion. At an evening meeting in the Mutley Wesleyan Chapel, many larger donations were received, the total for the day amounting to £475. Peverell Park Road Methodist Chapel was opened on Wednesday May 17th 1905.
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