Schools etc in connection with City Road Wesleyan Chapel, Manchester

MANCHESTER. - The corner stone of new premises in connection with the City Road Wesleyan Chapel, Cornbrook Park, was laid on Saturday afternoon. The buildings comprise a schoolhouse of stone and brick, in the Gothic style, and vestries and chapel-keeper's house. The schools will contain two school rooms, 33 feet by 30 feet, and 55 feet by 29 feet; four class rooms, 14 feet by 8 feet; and a recreation shed. The cost of the buildings will be about £2,700. The architects are Messrs Medland and Henry Taylor, of St. Ann's Churchyard, Manchester, and the builder is Mr Cardwell, of Altrincham. [Building News 19 July 1872 page 51-52]

MANCHESTER - The extensive schools belonging to the Wesleyans, at the southerly end of the City-road, Manchester, are about to be considerably enlarged, from the designs of Messrs Medland Henry Taylor. [Builder 19 April 1884 page 560]

Reference    Building News 19 July 1872 page 51-52
Reference    Builder 19 April 1884 page 560