page_title: Bellamy and Hardy
section_title: Non-Conformist chapels and churches
hierarchical_section_title: Bellamy and Hardy / Architectural work / Non-Conformist chapels and churches
caption_attribution_description: English: Cannon Street House, Cannongate Louth. Originally the General Baptist Chapel, which was enlarged by Pearson Belly in in 1850/1 as a Sunday School
context_page_description: Bellamy and Hardy were an architectural practice in Lincoln, England, that specialised particularly in the design of public buildings and non-conformist chapels. Pearson Bellamy had established his own architectural practice by 1845 and he entered into a partnership with James Spence Hardy, in June 1853. Both partners had previously worked for the Lincoln architect William Adams Nicholson. Hardy was described as "Chief Clerk" to Nicholson. Hardy joined Pearson Bellamy immediately after the sudden death of Nicholson. As all known architectural drawings by the practice are signed Pearson Bellamy, it is likely that Bellamy was the architect and Hardy was the administrator in the practice. The partnership lasted until Hardy's death, which was probably in 1891 or 1892. After this Bellamy continued to practice until 1896
context_section_description: General Baptist Chapel, Cannongate, Louth. Enlarged by Pearson Bellamy in 1850/1 as a Sunday School.
  Louth Free Methodist (Later United Methodist) chapel, Eastgate, Louth (1854/55) Classical facade with massive double Corinthian columns supporting a pediment. Fronted with elaborated cast iron railings. The chapel could seat 1,200 people and cost £2,360. The chapel was opened on 31 December 1854. It was closed in 1956 and was subsequently demolished.
  Preston, Lancashire, Grimshaw Street Congregational Chapel, (1857) Later the United Reformed Church and now Seventh-day Adventist church. Restored 2013.
  Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Martin by Timberland. (1860).Yellow brick chapel designed by Bellamy and Hardy and erected by Mr John Bavin of Metheringham. Now Martin parish hall.
  Victoria Methodist Chapel, Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby. (1860)  Opened 27 September 1860. Built by a Mr John Brown at a cost of about £3,000.  Gothic, with a tower surmounted by a spire. Large decorated style window. Part survived as the Grimsby Employment exchange.
  Market Rasen Free Methodist Chapel.(1860) Tenders sought by Bellamy and Hardy for building the chapel. Union street chapel. Pedimented  frontage with  colonnades. Demolished c.2016.
  Newport Free Methodist Chapel, Saxon Street/Rasen Lane, Lincoln (1863) The exact position of this building has not been located. In January 1863 the foundation stone was laid and a tender for £857 for building the chapel was accepted.
  Zion Chapel, Silver Street, Lincoln (1864)  The Zion Chapel,  originally Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion first erected in 1805. The chapel had a maximum congregation of 200 people. The various sects which adopted a more extreme Methodist position than the Wesleyans, sometimes subscribing to Calvinism, form a distinct group within the Methodist family. The earliest such community in Lincoln was established under the patronage of the Countess of Huntingdon in the 1770s, but no chapel seems to have been built until 1802. This chapel was built on the Zion Chapel site in Silver Street.  By 1851 the Zion Chapel community had been joined by the ‘United’ or ‘Free’ Methodists’ and in 1864 the chapel was rebuilt again, this time to designs by Bellamy and Hardy. Pevsner in 1956 described it as in white brick with debased Renaissance style. An odd and lively arrangement. Coupled columns flanking a big niche with a pediment "flouting" out of the parapet above.
  Stallingborough Wesleyan Chapel. (1864/5). The foundation stone was laid on 4th Aug. 1864 and opened for worship in March 1865. The chapel provided seating for 259 worshippers and cost around £850.
  Wesleyan Chapel and School at Sedburgh, Yorkshire.(1864) The foundation stone for the chapel was laid on 16th. August 1864. It was stated that "the chapel is to be built of stone. The form is octagonal, and the style of architecture early English. will contain nearly sittings, and the school will accommodate scholars. The architects are Messrs. Bellamy and Hardy, Lincoln ; the contractors, Messrs. and Wildman, Lancaster. The building is to be completed by the end of March, 1865."
  Weselyan Methodist Chapel, Hockcliffe Road, Leighton Buzzard. Opened in March 1865, following the sale of land adjacent to the Leighton Buzzard Corn Exchange. A Manse was built next to it. Bellamy and Harding employed Messrs Hobson and Taylor of Hogsthorpe in Lincolnshire as builders. The style of architecture was described as ‘purely Italian’. The chapel facade  was heavily pedimented above three tall arched windows and the manse also had advanced central bay with a similar pediment. The chapel had seating for 1,400 people and a school room beneath which would hold nearly 600 pupils. The chapel and the manse were demolished in 1972
  Primitive Methodist Chapel, West Street, Boston, Foundation stone laid in April 1865. The Lincolnshire Chronicle wrote in at the same time The Primitive Methodists….. have commenced the erection of a new place worship in West street. The site is certainly very eligible one, and judging the plans of the new structure we have no hesitation say
caption: Cannon Street House Former Baptist Chapel and School Room.
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