Building Name

Wesleyan Chapel Westhoughton (concrete)

Date
1868
District/Town
Westhoughton, Bolton
County/Country
GMCA, England
Work
New Build

On the 7th inst. the memorial stone of a new Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was laid at Westhoughton, by Mr J Bell. Mr George Woodhouse, architect, of Bolton, has designed the chapel, which is of a very plain character, and built of concrete, moulded by the patent apparatus of Mr Charles Drake, of London, under the immediate superintendence of Mr John Drake, and will be plastered over with stucco, lined to imitate stone. The entrance will be by a porch beneath a tower 45 feet high. The chapel is expected to seat about 300 persons, and a gallery will provide accommodation for au additional hundred, including the school children and the choir. The entire cost of the building is about £850.

Reference           Building News 20 November 1868 page 795