Designed by Waddington and Dunkerley in 1903.
The 1913 map shows how the whole corner was developed, with 4 shops on Kings Road plus an entrance on Kings Road (at 155a) to the church which had its main body behind these shops.
Manchester Victorian Architects gives: "It was the third location for the Chelsea Wesleyans, the first being the site of the present Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square, and the second the site of the present Cadogan Hall on Sloane Terrace. The building consisted of a church and a Sunday School with the entrance on Manor Street. A bomb destroyed the church (but not the school) in 1941, and until 1983, the site was used as a car park. Flats for the elderly were then built on the car park, and the remaining structure redeveloped. This involved creating a new sanctuary, offices, a community hall, and retail outlets on the side facing King’s Road."
Chelsea Fulham Methodist: "In 1903, Chelsea Methodists built on the present site on the corner of King's Road and Chelsea Manor Street. In 1941, a bomb destroyed the sanctuary, and after the war, the rooms that were left underwent various changes. The bombsite itself was long used as a car park, before the whole site was redeveloped in 1983."
In a Methodist church the sanctuary is the main worship room or auditorium (not just the small area around the alter as in other denominations). So we understand that the main body of the building, behind the shops was demolished, and only the block with the shops was left.
The 1982 development "saw 21 new flats for the elderly built ... on the previous car park area, and also new sanctuaries designed by Bernard Lamb, including a Narthex (Welcoming area) in front of the church's main sanctuary." The aerial view shows the west side of the site occupied by the housing so the sanctuaries etc must be the eastern section.
The Chelsea Fulham Methodist page goes on to describe how the church uses the remaining part of the old building. As we read it, the church now (2023) uses the upper floors of the building that fronts King's Road, with a hall on the first floor and offices, etc. on the second. Probably this was all used by the church originally, as a secondary smaller hall, and office space etc. all supporting the main church, which no longer exists.
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