Independent Methodist Chapel and School, Beverley Road, Heaton, Bolton

BEVERLEY ROAD NEW CHURCH - The handsome school and chapel erected on land at the juncture of Beverley Road and Wyresdale Road, on the Halliwell Lodge estate, have been completed and the opening will take place tomorrow evening. Mr. Walter M. Musgrave. J.P. has accepted the invitation of the officers of the Bolton District of Independent Churches to unlock the door. 

The following is a description of the building:  
Whilst the position of the new buildings good, the triangular plot with an acute angle towards Chorley Road presented many difficulties in planning premises which would provide the required accommodation, difficulties which were considerably increased by the building lines insisted upon by the local authorities. From an architectural point of view. however. the limitations of the site have been a gain inasmuch as the natural result has been picturesqueness of effect which many people may find refreshing after the familiar stiff and carefully balanced facades of Nonconformist places of worship. The church occupies the prominent angle of the triangle. and the building io continued further into the angle by a flight of steps. rendered necessary by the street levels and by a balustraded terrace. From this access is gained to the interior through a wide porch with an inner vestibule on each side. A separate entrance from Beverley Road leads to the gallery staircase. over which (outside) is a terra-cotta dome. The interior has a central nave, wide shallow transepts and a deep recess for organ and choir. There are galleries at the entrance end and in the transepts. The minister, choir and organ are raised above the main floor on a spacious platform. The total accommodation is for about 430. On the east side is a minister's vestry and at the west a small choir vestry. Immediately behind the church is the two-storey Sunday School with entrance from both Beverley Road and Wyresdaie Road. The room on the ground floor will hold about 350. There are various classrooms and upstairs is a hall of the same size as the lower one. The premises throughout are well-lighted. and special care has been taken with the ventilation. The artificial lighting is by electricity, and the heating by low pressure hot water. The buildings are finished outside with red pressed bricks from Horwich and red terra-cotta from Ruabon. AJI the windows are glazed with lead lights in large squares, partly of clear glass and with muffed glass where it has been necessary to have it obscured. The interior has not been sacrificed for exterior effect, for both have been carefully studied. and it is believed that the interior of the church especially—though unusual— will be considered effective. The general contractors have been Messrs Atherton & Morris and the architects Messrs Potts. Son and Hennings F.R.I.B.A. The total cost will be about £4.500. [Bolton Evening News - Tuesday 16 September 1902 page 3]

Converted into Hindu Temple 1981

Reference          Bolton Evening News - Tuesday 16 September 1902 page 3