New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian) Church, Failsworth

NEW SWEDENBORGIAN CHURCH AT FAILSWORTH - The dedication services of the New Jerusalem Church, Failsworth, were held yesterday. …The building is Gothic in style, is faced with Yorkshire stone and stands on a plot of ground immediately fronting the main road. The body of the church is 65 feet by 40 feet with transept projections measuring 23 feet by 12 feet 6 inches on each side. Accommodation is provided for 723 worshippers. The roof is open-timbered, octagon shaped, with circular ribs springing from corbels on the side walls. The whole of the work has been executed from the designs and under the superintendence of Messrs Potts Pickup and Dixon, architects, of Manchester, the contractor being Mr Thomas Taylor junior of Failsworth. [Manchester Guardian 9 May 1889 page 6] It replaced a Swedenborgian church of 1859 which had become too small.

The dedication services of the New Jerusalem Church, Failsworth, Manchester, were held on Friday. The building is Gothic in style and is faced with Yorkshire stone. The body of the church is 65 feet by 40 feet, with transept projections measuring 23 feet by 12 feet 6in. on each side. Accommodation is provided for 723 worshippers. The roof is open timbered, octagon-shaped, with circular ribs springing from corbels on side walls. The whole of the work has been executed from the designs of Messrs. Potts, Pickup, and Dixon, architects, of Manchester, the contractor being Mr. Thomas Taylor, jun., of Failsworth. [Building News 17 May 1889 page 712]

Reference    Manchester Times 11 May 1889 page 7
Reference    Manchester Guardian 9 May 1889 page 6