Brookfield Congregational Church, Brookfield, Glossop

The Congregational Church at Glossop was formed in 1849, and a school house built in 1852 at the expense of Samuel Shepley, a mill owner and first Superintendent.  Samuel Shepley also donated the land, part of the site of Old  Brookfield Mill which had been demolished some years previously.  A library was added to the School in 1856 and in 1858 the building was enlarged. Samuel Shepley died in 1858, but the connection between the Shepley family and the Church continued for over a century, ending with the death of  Mrs. Harriet  Cuthbert in 1960. She was the great grand daughter of Samuel Shepley. The foundation stone for a new Church was laid by Samuel's son William  Shepley, in November 1883. The Church building was sold in 1971. (and demolished?)

NEW CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL AT GLOSSOP. The foundation stone of new Congregational chapel was laid at Brookfield, on Saturday afternoon. A church has existed from 1849 at this place, ministrations being conducted in a schoolroom at one end of Mr Shepley's mill. But the cause has prospered to such an extent that the friends have undertaken the erection of a new chapel. …. The proposed chapel, which it is estimated will cost £2,500, will accommodate about 500 persons. It is designed in the English Gothic style, and though there is nothing very pretentious about it, it will present a handsome and substantial appearance. The architect Mr. J. H. Burton, of Ashton-under-Lyne, and the contractors are Messrs. Davison and Carr, of Manchester. [Derbyshire Times 24 November 1883 page 6]

BROOKFIELD - The foundation stone of a new Congregational chapel was laid at Brookfield, near Glossop, on Saturday week. The building will be Early English in style, and will accommodate about-!"1) persons. The external walls will be of local parpoint stone with Ashlar dressings, and on the right-hand side of chief gable to street, over the staircase to gallery is a turreted tower, 50 feet high. All the windows will be filled with stained glass, and the gallery fronts, open pews, rostrum doors, and other joinery will be of pitch pine. The internal dimensions are 58 ft. by 36ft., and 24 ft. from floor to plastered ceiling. At the rear of rostrum are two vestries, and over these is a singers' gallery, seated for 46 persons. The warming is by hot-water apparatus. Mr. J. H. Burton, of Ashton-under-Lyne, is the architect; and the contractors for all trades are Messrs Davidson and Carr, of Manchester. [Building News 30 November 1883 page 867]

Reference        British Architect 7 September 1883. Page 119
Reference        Derbyshire Times 24 November 1883 page 6
Reference        Building News 30 November 1883 page 867