Building Name

Independent Chapel Broughton Road Charlestown Pendleton

Date
1864 - 1865
Street
Broughton Road
District/Town
Charlestown, Salford
County/Country
GMCA, England
Work
New Build
Status
Demolished
Contractor
Statham and Son, Pendleton

The corner stone of a new Independent Chapel was laid in Broughton Road, Charlestown, Pendleton on Saturday afternoon by Mrs Hewitt in the presence of a numerous company. ....   The building, which will be in the English Gothic style of the geometric period, will occupy an elevated and rectangular plot of ground fronting Broughton Road and bounded by streets on the other sides. Accommodation will be provided for about 400 sittings in the ground floor and 180 in the end gallery. In the front elevation will be a wide and lofty gable 54 feet high on one side of which will be a small tower and spire, 108 feet high. The principal entrance is under the tower within which are the gallery stairs which will be marked externally by a turret. There will be a second entrance in Trentham street through a spacious porch and there will also be an entrance to the vestries behind the chapel. The organ will stand in a shallow recess near the pulpit and above the instrument will be a window for stained glass. The roof is designed with principal timbers of hammer-beam construction springing from stone corbels and having boldly carved ribs. Longitudinally the ceiling will be divided into compartments by purlins and moulded timbers. The ceiling will be 38 feet from the floor and there will be a considerable space between the ceiling and the slating to obviate excessive cold and heat. The timber and wood will be stained and varnished. The walls will be of hollow bricks, faced with Yorkshire stone and the spire will be entirely of Yorkshire \stone. The building internally will be 72 feet by 42 feet by 19 feet high, the total outside length including vestries will be 90 feet. The contract has been taken by Messrs Statham and Son, Pendleton, for £2,700; the architects are Messrs Paull and Ayliffe of Manchester. It is intended to complete the work within twelve months. Land has been reserved in the rear of the chapel for the erection of schools.[Manchester Guardian Monday 3 October 1864 Page 3]

Reference    Manchester Guardian, Saturday 1 October 1864 Page 1 - notices
Reference    Manchester Guardian Monday 3 October 1864 Page 3 - report
Reference    Builder 22 October 1864 Page 782 with brief notes