Wesleyan Mission Central Hall, Renshaw Street and Upper Newington, Liverpool

PROPOSED MEMORIAL HALL, LIVERPOOL - It is proposed to erect a memorial building to the Rev. Charles Garrett, at Mount Pleasant, Liverpool. The scheme will be carried out by Messrs. Bradshaw & Gass, architects, of Bolton. The large hall will seat 2,250. The smaller hall will seat 700. In addition, there will be reception and crush halls, meeting-rooms, clubrooms, vestries, and necessary offices. The two principal entrances will face Newington and Brownlow Hill. A feature will be the tower. [Builder 27 October 1902 page 280]

LIVERPOOL - The foundation‑stone was laid on Wednesday of the new central hall of the Liverpool Wesleyan Mission, which is to be erected as a memorial to the Rev Charles Garrett. The hall will be situated at the corner of Renshaw street and Upper Newington. The total cost, with furnishings and organ, is estimated at £37,250. In addition to this there has been an expenditure of £4,750 in connection with the half‑cost of houses in Upper Newington, and debt transferred from the Mount Pleasant site; and further, there is sum of £3,000 required for the enlargement and improvement of Boys' Homes, and the erection of a training home. The buildings are designed by Messrs. Bradshaw and Gass, FRIBA., of Bolton. The main hall will seat 2,500 persons and the smaller one 750. There will also be reception and crush‑halls, vestries for Sunday‑school work, drill‑hall, and administration offices. [Building News 30 September 1904 page 488]

 THE CENTRAL HALL, RENSHAW STREET, LIVEROOOL - The missionary work of the Rev. Charles Garrett in Liverpool will be kept in remembrance by these memorial buildings in one of the main thoroughfares in the heart of the city, and will be the centre of the great work of the Wesleyan missions in Liverpool. They give accommodation for both large and small meetings—the large hall seating 2,500, and the small one 750. In addition, there are a very large number of rooms available for the social work, which is considered so important ‘a part of modern mission work. Clubrooms for men. women, boys. and girls, a large Sunday school, administration offices, a drill-hall, and many vestries. The whole of the buildings, including the gallery of the large hall, are of steel and concrete construction. Externally, the walls are of Dennis’ Ruabon bricks, with Hathern Station grey terracotta dressings. The dome is of grey tiles, like the terracotta. and surrounding it is a roof garden. Messrs William Brown and Son, of Salford, are the general contractors. The large hall was opened by the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Fowler, G.C.S.I., M.P., in December. Messrs. Bradshaw and Gas are the architects. [Building News 2 February 1906 Page 169]

Reference    Builder 27 October 1902 page 280
Reference    Building News 30 September 1904 page 488
Reference    Building News 2 February 1906 Page 169 and illustrations

The firm of Bradshaw and Gass, F.R.I.B.A., of Bolton and London, whose work was illustrated in our last issue, includes Mr. Arthur J. Hope, whose name should also have been associated in the letterpress description of the buildings. [Building News 16 February 1906 page 255]