Wesleyan Chapel Moses Gate Farnworth
The foundation stone of a new Wesleyan Chapel has been laid at Moses Gate, Farnwoth. Mr T Ormrod, of Bolton, is the architect, and Mr Silas Seddon, of Little Lever, is the contractor. The style will be Early English. The superstructure will be brick, faced externally with Yorkshire stone, parpoint work, with dressings of Bury stone. The chapel will be cruciform in plan, comprising nave, transepts, and chancel, having minister=s vestry, with lavatory etc on one side and band-room on other side, and heating cellar under vestry. The chapel will accommodate 582 persons on the ground floor, including also 20 seats for choir, 83 seats in end gallery, and 180 scholars in transept galleries when put in; total 845 when completed. The contemplated total expenditure is expected not to exceed £4,500. [Building News 25 May 1877 Page 528]
A new Wesleyan chapel was opened at Moses Gate, near Bolton, Lancashire, a fortnight since. The works have been carried out under two principal contracts - the first, the excavation and foundations, by Mr Silas Seddon, of Little Lever; and the second, the superstructure, by Messrs John Statham and Sons, of Pendleton. The new chapel is Gothic in style, cruciform in plan, and is built of brick, faced externally with Yorkshire stone parpoints, with finely tooled Yorkshire stone dressings sparingly introduced. The dimensions are - Nave, 77 feet by 42 feet; north and south transepts, 23 feet 6 in. by 14 feet 6in. each; chancel, 24 feet by 14 feet, having a minister's vestry on one side, with lavatory, etc; and on the other side space is left for a large vestry or band room. The roofs are high pitched, partly open‑timbered, the nave roof having hammer and collar‑beam principals, with curved ribs springing at the sides from moulded stone corbels. The ceilings are panelled throughout. The chapel is lighted by gas pendants suspended to roof timbers. The chapel will accommodate 582 persons on the ground floor; the front gallery will accommodate about 100 scholars. The cost is upwards of £4,500. Mr Thomas Ormrod, of the Town Hall‑square, Bolton, is the architect. [Building News 20 September 1878 page 305]
Reference Manchester Courier 15 May 1877 Page 3 Column 3- Laying of foundation stone
Reference Building News 25 May 1877 Page 528
Reference Manchester Guardian 6 September 1878 page 4
Reference Building News 20 September 1878 page 305
Reference British Architect 16 August 1878. Page 107