Penrose Methodist Church - Former

This former Penrose Methodist Church suspended services in 1975, and the property was subsequently sold.

Early Primitive Methodist services, in the district, began in a private home in the late 1880s. A church building which had been used at Bowral and then Moss Vale was relocated to Cable Siding (about 2 kms from Penrose) sometime prior to September 1892. The exact date is not known. It was erected on a site given by Mr William Dyer, one of Penrose's first local preachers. A second church building was opened on 25/2/1911, a little south of the previous one, by the Rev C C T Newman. With the development of Penrose, Cable Siding was abandoned and the building relocated in 1924 to a site donated by the Cooke Brothers, in Penrose. On 14/1/1939 this church building was destroyed by bushfire. A replacement building was opened on 25/11/1939, less than twelve months after the fire, by the District Chairman, the Rev Peacock. In the interim services were conducted in private homes.¹

(The Methodist - 23 December 1939) "The Penrose New Church. In the disastrous bush fires of ten months ago the church at Penrose was destroyed. The Superintendent Minister, Rev J Wadkin, at once organised a scheme for a new church home for his people, and he and the trustees kept at their task until they saw a new church erected on the site of the old one. Generous response was made to the appeals for money,and on Saturday, 25th November, the beautiful little sanctuary was opened, with only a small debt of 15 (pounds)."

More historical infromation/photographs of this former church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 30/10/2017 & 5/4/2022.