Building Name

Methodist School Chapel, Orchard Street, Great Harwood

Date
1902
Street
Orchard Street
District/Town
Great Harwood, Hyndburn
County/Country
Lancashire, England
Work
New build

METHODIST SCHOOL CHAPEL, GREAT HARWOOD - The formal opening ceremony of the new Primitive Methodist school chapel in Orchard-street, Great Harwood, took place recently. The school has a frontage in Orchard-street, and is planned as a portion of a large scheme, the plan being arranged on the central hall principle. The main schoolroom is 53 feet 6 inches by 28 feet, and on three sides of it are suites of classrooms, nine in number, of varying size. At the end opposite to the platform is a gallery, used for purposes of assembly. Each classroom is provided with an electric bell controlled by the superintendent from the platform. There is classroom accommodation for 300 scholars, and for assembly purposes 406 adults, or a mixed audience of 540. Special attention has been paid to sanitation, heating, and ventilation, and provision made in the basement for fuel, tea-making, &c. The wall on the principal front is faced with Yorkshire parpoints, the remaining external walls with semi-plastic bricks, and the structure roofed with Welsh slates. The work has been carried out from plans by and under the superintendence of Mr John B. Thornley, architect, Darwen. [Builder 20 December 1902 page 585]

Reference           Builder 20 December 1902 page 585