Heaton Chapel Town Hall (Architectural Competition)

The proposal to erect a Town Hall at Heaton Chapel received little publicity save for a reference in the Manchester Courier in February 1898 and little progress was made in progressing the scheme subsequently.  A design submitted by Mee and Hooley in a limited competition was published in September 1898 but whether this design could have been built within the cost limit of £1,000 seems doubtful.

HEATON CHAPEL TOWN HALL - This design, by Messrs. T. W. Hooley and F W Mee, of Manchester, was submitted in a recent limited competition, and aims at an endeavour to produce a suitable building picturesquely treated in a simple way at a comparatively small cost, as the outlay was limited to £1,000. [Building News 16 September 1898 page 391]

Reference        Manchester Courier 5 February 1898 page 10 – Proposed Town Hall Heaton Chapel
Reference        Building News 16 September 1898 page 391 and illustration