Sileby Wesleyan Methodist Church

Methodism in Sileby started around 1791 when a cottage was purchased for around £70 and converted into a chapel. In 1881 the congregation was in need of a new building.^[1] This was erected in High Street at a cost of £2,000 (equivalent to £222,300 in 2023)^[2] and presented to the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion at Sileby by Thomas Caloe of Mill Villa on 3 December 1884.^[3]

In 1969, the congregation decided to close the church and moved to join Sileby Primitive Methodist Church on King Street.^{[citation needed]}

A pipe organ by Taylor of Leicester was installed in 1885.^[4] On closure of the chapel, the organ was moved to All Saints’ Church, Cossington and then in 2012 exported to Italy.^{[citation needed]}