Oasis Christian Centre, Long Eaton

Oasis Christian Centre, Long Eaton
Oasis Christian Centre, Long Eaton
Oasis Christian Centre, Long Eaton Location within Derbyshire
52°54′2.9″N 1°16′40.2″W
Location	Long Eaton, Derbyshire
Country	England
Denomination	Pentecostal
Previous denomination	Primitive Methodist
History
Former name(s)	Bethel Primitive Methodist Church, Long Eaton
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II listed[1]
Architect(s)	George Baines and R. Palmer Baines
Completed	22 March 1906
Construction cost	£3,020 (equivalent to £410,300 in 2023)[2]
Specifications
Capacity	500 persons

Oasis Christian Centre is a Grade II listed[1] Pentecostal church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.

History

The Methodist congregation started out in a building in Hartley Road. Once a site was obtained in Derby Road a temporary church was designed by Ernest Reginald Ridgway. The memorial stones were laid on 9 July 1898[3] and it opened as a Primitive Methodist chapel on 1 October 1898.[4]

Once the congregation had raised sufficient funds, a new church was designed by the architect George Baines FRIBA and R. Palmer Baines of London. This was built at a cost of £3,020 (equivalent to £410,310 in 2023) and opened on 22 March 1906.[5] The contractor was John Bull, builder, of Long Eaton.

It was sold in 1980 and reopened as the Elim Pentecostal Church.[6] The Long Eaton Elim congregation moved here from their previous building in Bonsal Street, Long Eaton. In 1988 this became the Oasis Christian Centre.

Organ

The church had a 2 manual 18 stop pipe organ by Albert Keates of Sheffield.[7]

References

1. Historic England. "Elim Pentecostal Church and Railings (1087971)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
2. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
3. "New Primitive Methodist Chapel for Long Eaton". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 16 July 1898. Retrieved 30 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "New Primitive Methodist Church in Long Eaton". Belper and Alfreton Chronicle. England. 7 October 1898. Retrieved 30 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Long Eaton Primitive Methodist Church and School". Long Eaton Advertiser. England. 23 March 1906. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Service marks church opening". Long Eaton Advertiser. England. 11 December 1980. Retrieved 30 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "NPOR [N13652]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 30 July 2023.