Building Name

Baptist Sunday School, Vernon Street, Leigh

Date
1912 - 1913
Street
Vernon Street
District/Town
Leigh, Wigan
County/Country
GMCA, England
Work
New build
Status
Converted to Masjid al Farquan mosque
Contractor
J Boydell, Leigh

Proposed new Baptist Sunday Schools. The principal elevations will be faced with Enfield bricks, having tawny Terra Cotta dressings and Darley Dale stone sills. The architect is Mr. C. Simpson, M.S.A., of Leigh. [Leigh Chronicle 1 November 1912 page 6 and illustration]

Memorial stones laid 26 October 1912
Opened by the Mayor, Councillor J H Holden, on 29 March 1913

Reference        Builder 27 September 1912 page 361 – proposed work
Reference        Leigh Chronicle 6 September 1912 page 5
Reference        Leigh Chronicle 1 November 1912 page 6 and illustration
Reference        Leigh Chronicle 4 April 1913 page 6 - opening