It was put on the market in 1901 and was bought by a syndicate of local businessmen for £8,450 (equivalent to £1,158,740 in 2023),[2] opening as a Wesleyan Methodist mission in September 1902.This time, a prominent local Methodist, Albert Edward Lambert, who had been responsible for Nottingham Midland Station, was asked to produce a plan.The building was linked with the adjacent Nottingham Playhouse and the bar block of the theatre was updated at the same time to allow the creation of a multipurpose centre.The work was completed in 1988 and Her Royal Highness Diana, Princess of Wales unveiled a plaque on 23 February 1989 to commemorate the refurbishment.The Italian and Spanish walnut casework was made in the Boots shopfitting workshop in Nottingham and the carving executed by Fitchett & Woollacott.