Dhoon Church Hall and Sunday School, A2, Glen Mona, Isle of Man

• Foundation         24 August 1911 (St Bartholomew's Day) - official stone laying ceremony
• Opening             2 February 1912 by the Lieutenant Governor, Lord Raglan

In early 1910 Reverend George W. Gregson proposed a new hall and Sunday school to be built on a site close to Christ Church on the main road A2 from Laxey to Ramsey at Glen Mona, and began raising the necessary funds. B W H Brameld a Manchester architect who spent several months of the year at a cottage at Maughold offered his services free of charge, an offer which was accepted. However, fund raising was slow, with a mere £17 15s. 8d of the £450 required having been raised by November 1910. With about half the money raised, work commenced in the summer of 1911 with Edward Comaish as contractor with the joinery work and the woodwork of the roof undertaken by Messrs James Callow and Sons of Ramsey. Bernard Brameld supervised the work whilst resident on the island. The official stone laying ceremony took place on 24 August 1911 but possibly due to lack of funds, there was no presentation of a silver trowel as was the custom at such ceremonies. However, on 9th January the curate, Edward Comaish the builder and Mr W, Maddrell travelled to Bishopscourt to present a silver trowel to the bishop on behalf of the congregation, the contractors and workmen. Some five months after the foundation stone was laid, the hall was formally opened by the Lieutenant Governor, Lord Raglan on 2 February 1912. Described as being in "an Old English style" it had walls of local stone with rough-cast finish and a Westmorland slate roof, and remains substantially unaltered.

Reference           Peter Kelly: Isle of Man Victorian Society Newsletter No 84, February 2010 page 22-25