Congregational School Chapel Darwen

DARWEN Lancashire - Tomorrow the foundation stone of a Congregational school-chapel, at Darwen, will be laid. The building is in the Gothic style of architecture, built of local stone, and faced with selected parpoints, and will be two stories high. On the ground floor is the large school room 60 feet long and 40 feet wide and 16 feet high, with entrances at the sides of the building for the scholars. On the first floor is a large room which will be used at present as a chapel, extending over the school room. The chapel is calculated to accommodate 400 people. The plans have been prepared by Mr Henry Pinchbeck, architect, of London. The contracts for the different trades have been let separately to local contractors.  [Building News 6 May 1881 Page 530]

Reference           Building News 6 May 1881 Page 530