Primitive Methodist Chapel Walmersley Road, Bury

OPENING OF THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST NEW CHAPEL, WALMERSLEY ROAD, BURY -  The chapel stands to the left of the Walmersley Road, and is a neat, plain, stone structure, in the Italian style. The principal front is to the road, the chief feature in which are four Tuscan pilasters, supporting a good bold pediment. In the centre is a neat open Tuscan porch, which fronts the principal entrance to the chapel. The chapel is approached by a broad staircase to the right and left, easy of ascent, and is in the amphitheatre form, capable of holding about 400 hearers. The chapel is lofty, with a richly panelled ceiling, and will be one of the most comfortable and pleasant chapels in the town. The pews are all stained and varnished. The pulpit is in the form of an open rostrum, behind which are the singers' pew 9. The front and end windows have stained glass margins, and all the windows glazed with obscure glass. The chapel is lighted with two ornamental sunlights. The ground floor is occupied by school-rooms and class-rooms, and contains one large school-room 37ft. by 44ft., 14ft. high, and five class-rooms averaging about four yards square, and one minister's vestry. The whole of the building is warmed by hot water, and every care has been taken as to the ventilation. The whole of the work has been done by local workmen, under the care and superintendence of Mr. James Maxwell, architect and surveyor, Silver-street. The entire cost of the building, including fencing, palisading, and furnishing will be under £1 800.

It repaced a chapel of 1829 in William Street Bury

Reference    Bury Times  14 January 1865 page 2 – contracts
Reference    Bury Time 11 March 1865 page 2 – excavations commenced
Reference    Bury Times 17 February 1866 page 3 – opening