Congregational Sunday Schools and Chapel House, Chapelfield, near Stand

STAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND CHAPEL HOUSE - The corner stone laying ceremony was performed on Saturday last, (23 June 1866) by Thos. Barnes, Esq., MP, of Bolton. Some delay has taken place in carrying out this plan, for the late depressed state of the cotton trade brought considerable suffering to this neighbourhood. The new schools will be two storeys high. The ground floor will contain the principal schoolroom, infant rooms, library, and five class rooms. The first floor will be appropriated to one large room 35 feet by 36 feet, and feet high. The basement will be devoted to a cooking kitchen, storeroom, and other offices. The minister's house will be adjacent to the schools, and will contain good dining and drawing rooms, kitchen, scullery, cellars, and pantry, four bedrooms, bathroom, &c. The style of the building will be early English, and it will be built of brick with stone dressings, from the designs of Mr. James Maxwell, Bury. The cost of the building is estimated at about £1,500. The accommodation of the old school was for about 250, but the new schools will afford ample room for about 600 children. [Bury Times 30 June 1866 page 4]

STAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND MINISTER'S HOUSE. - The new school will be two storeys high. The ground floor will contain day school, infant rooms, library, and five class rooms. The first floor will be left for a schoolroom, which will be fifty-five feet by thirty-six feet, and twenty feet six inches high. The basement will be devoted to cooking kitchen, with hoist to other floors, and store rooms. The minister's house is adjoining the schools, and wdl contain good dining and drawing rooms, kitchen, scullery, cellars, and pantry; four bedrooms, bath room, &c. The style of the building is early English, and it is built of bricks with stone dressings. The cost was estimated at about £1,800. [Bury Times 20 April 1867 page 6]

Reference    Bury Times 24 March 1866 page 2 – contracts
Reference    Bury Times 30 June 1866 page 4 –corner stone
Reference    Bury Times 20 April 1867 page 6 – opening