20 Sep 2025
Tags: #former methodist chuurch, Shrewsbury, property auction, former church for auction, great potential, collective auction, Halls, auctioneers, September26, timber panelling, Stained Glass Windows, pulpit, Art Nouveau Gothic, pipe organ, Residential Area, walking distance of town centre, #schoolroom, #chapel, vestry, Cellars, meeting room, Reception Hall, £50k to £75k
A prominent former Shrewsbury church is going under the hammer with a guide price of £50,000 to £75,000 at a collective property and land auction in the town next week.
Greenfields Methodist Church, Greenfields Street, Shrewsbury is the last lot in Halls auctioneers' bumper 17-lot auction at the company's Battlefield headquarters on Friday, September 26 at 2pm.
The characterful and substantial building has 3,800 square feet of versatile, internal accommodation and offers great potential for a variety of usages, subject to planning consent.
Located in a popular residential area within walking distance of the town centre, the church is being sold for Shropshire & Marches Methodist Circuit.
The first Greenfields Wesleyan Methodist Church was a small "tin tabernacle" built in 1890, which was replaced by the larger, current building in 1908, after two years of fundraising. Wesleyan was dropped from its name in 1935.
Built in the 'Art Nouveau Gothic' style, which included a tower and steeple, the church was reputedly capable of seating 250 people with an additional 250 in the school room, if necessary.
Numerous interesting original features are retained, including timber panelling, superb stained glass windows, an altar with timber balustrades, pulpit and pipe organ.
A major feature is the extensive accommodation which includes an entrance porch, chapel, vestry, cellars, school room, lobby, WCs, kitchen, meeting room and reception hall.
“There is very good head height in many of the rooms, making provision of a second floor possible, subject to obtaining planning consent,” said Halls chairman Allen Gittins, who is conducting the auction.
“There are very few buildings around with such potential as this, so I would strongly recommend an immediate inspection of the church to appreciate its most unusual nature, extensive internal accommodation, convenient location and major possibilities which it has to offer.”
To view the church or for more information, contact Halls' Ellesmere office on Tel: 01691 622 602. To view the other lots in the auction catalogue, visit https://www.hallsgb.com/collective-property-land-auction-september-2025/ .
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Greenfields Methodist Church in Shrewsbury.
Inside the church.