This building started life in 1833 when it was founded by a group of Methodists. In the 1843 Gore it is shown at number 34 Park Place and is simply called a Methodist Chapel.

1858 the numbering places it at number 40 and calls it Park Place Methodist Chapel. The Post Office directory for this year gives  "ministers various" as the occupants.
1860 It stays as number 40, but it is called Park Place Wesleyan Chapel.
1881 Methodist New Connexion Chapel (their spelling!). New Connexion Methodists later founded a chapel in Stanley Road.
1911 United Methodist Chapel in  and by 1938 number 40 is a Billiards Hall and there is no trace of a church in trade records after.  The building has long been demolished.