Wesleyan Chapel Shavington, Crewe

SHAVINGTON - The corner stones of a new Wesleyan Chapel, at Shavington (a suburb of Crewe), were laid on the 2Sth ult. The chapel is being erected on a site adjoining the new Board schools. The dimensions internally are 45 ft. by 30 ft., and the accommodation will be for about 200 persons. The plans also comprise a schoolroom capable of accommodating 100 children, but for want of funds the erection of this is postponed for the present. The style is Gothic of a free type, and the materials to be used are red brick and stone dressings. The building is being erected from the designs of Mr. George B. Ford, architect, Burslem; and the builder is Mr. Enoch Ellson, of Hough. The amount of the contract is £812 3s 10d., which is exclusive of boundary fencing and warming apparatus. [Builder 22 July 1876 page 721]