Baptist Chapel Albert Street and Scott Street Keighley Yorkshire

KEIGHLEY.—On Monday, the foundation stone of a new Baptist chapel, to be erected near to Skipton-road, Keighley, was laid by Mr J. Hodson, of Sunderland House, Brearley. Messrs. Paull and Ayliffe, of Manchester, are the architects of the new chapel. The style of architecture is Byzantine, freely treated. Accommodation will be provided for 800 persons. There will be side and end galleries, and behind the pulpit a spacious recess for organ and choir. Beneath the organ floor two vestries will be placed. The basement floor will be 14 feet high, and will contain a large school-room, a lecture-room, capable of holding 150 persons, a vestry for the minister, a tea-room, and four class-rooms. The contract for the whole of the building has been taken by Messrs. Gibson and Maude, of Keighley, for £2,579 4s 0d., exclusive of the ironwork, which will be supplied by Messrs Clapham. [Building News 31 July 1863 page 597]

KEIGHLEY (YORKSHIRE) —The foundation-stone of a Baptist chapel, to be erected near to Skipton-road, Keighley, has been laid. Messrs Paull and Ayliffe, of Manchester, are the architects. The style is Byzantine, freely treated. Accommodation will be provided for 800. There will be side and end galleries, and behind the pulpit a recess for organ and choir. Beneath the organ floor two vestries will be placed. The basement floor will be 14 feet high, and will contain a school-room, a lecture room capable of holding 150 persons, a vestry for the minister, a tea-room, and four class-rooms. The contract for the whole of the building has been taken by Messrs Gibson & Maude, of Keighley, for £2,579 4s., exclusive of the ironwork, which will be supplied by Messrs Clapham. [Builder 22 August 1863 page 607]

NEW BAPTIST CHAPEL AT KEIGHLEY.-A new Baptist chapel, erected in Albert-street, Keighley, at a coat of nearly £4,000, has just been opened. The foundation stone was laid in July, 1863. The architects were Messrs. Paull and Ayliffe, of Manchester and Bradford. In point of style the structure is unique but the character is Lombardic. The details of the front elevation are excellent, and the whole of the parts in the sides and front harmonise well, producing an exceedingly pleasing appearance, thoroughly in keeping with the purposes of the building. The contrast between the antiquated and dismal-looking chapel in Turkey Street and the new, beautiful, and commodious edifice in Abbot Street is extremely wide and marked. Spacious and lofty schoolrooms, lecture-hall, vestries and other rooms are included beneath the chapel. [Manchester Times 30 September 1865 page 5]

KEIGHLEY.—A new Baptist Chapel has been opened in Keighley. In general form the building is rectangular, covered with a roof of single span. The front, however, is broken by pavilions which project slightly from each side wall. These pavilions contain the gallery stair- case; and in the lower stage the principal front entrances to the building are placed. A lofty schoolroom extends underneath the whole of the chapel. All the external walls are built of local stone, faced with pitch-faced wall-stones; quoins at angles, and other features, being of hewn or ashlar stone. The character of the building is Lombardic. The general internal dimensions of the building are as follow, viz :  Chapel, 45ft. wide, 81ft. long (inclusive of organ recess), and 34ft. greatest height. Schoolroom, 42ft. wide, 45ft. long, and 14ft. high. Lecture room, 27ft. by 23ft., and 12ft. high. Classrooms and vestries vary from 14ft. by 12ft. to 13ft. by 9ft. The entire outlay has not exceeded £3,800. The total accommodation in the chapel is for 750 persons. The contractors are Messrs. Gibson and Maude, of Keighley. The architects are Messrs. Paull and Ayliffe, of Manchester. [Building News 29 Sept 1865 page 688-689]

KEIGHLEY. The Baptist new chapel has been opened for divine service. The building occupies a plot of land at the corner of Albert-street and Scott-street, and adjoining the site of the intended new town-hall. In general form the edifice is rectangular, and it is covered with a roof of single span. A school-room extends underneath the whole of the chapel: the floor of the chapel is, therefore, kept up several feet above the front street, and this has necessitated a flight of steps to each front entrance. All the external walls are built of local stone, faced with pitch-faced wall-stones: the quoins at the angles and other features are of hewn or ashlar stone. In point of style, the character is Lombardic. The vestries are under the organ floor, and communicate with the baptistery platform by doorways on each side of the pulpit. In addition to the school-room below the chapel there is a lecture-room connected with the former by folding doors, also five class-rooms and a tea-room. Below the tea-room is a chamber for the hot- water apparatus. Two stone staircases communicate between the school-room floor and the chapel floor and galleries. Two external entrances are provided to the school-room, approached by steps from Scott-street. The general internal dimensions of the building are as follow, viz.: — Chapel, 45 ft. wide; 81 ft. long (inclusive of organ recess); and 34 ft. greatest height. School-room, 42 ft. wide, 45 ft. long, and 14 ft. high. Lecture-room, 27 ft. by 23 ft., and 12 ft. high. Class-rooms and vestries vary from 14 ft. by 12 ft. to 13 ft. by 9 ft. The entire outlay has been about 3,800l. The chapel seats 750 persons. The contractors for the whole of the works were Messrs Gibson & Maude, of Keighley. The heating apparatus has been sup- plied by Messrs. Clapham, Brothers, of Keighley, who have also executed all the constructive and ornamental ironwork in the building. The gas fittings were by Mr. Brawn, of Birmingham; and the gas-piping was laid by Mr. Holmes, of Keighley. The architects, under whose superintendence all has been done, were Messrs. Paull and Ayliffe, of Manchester. [The Builder 28 October 1865. Page 770]

Reference    Builder 22 August 1863 page 607
Reference    Building News 31 July 1863 page 597
Reference    Manchester Times 30 September 1865 page 5
Reference    Building News 29 Sept 1865 page 688-689
Reference    The Builder 28 October 1865. Page 770