Hope Congregational Chapel: Stockport Road Denton

Hope Congregational Church at Denton – one of two Salomons known commissions for a Christian church building – generally in a Byzantine style but the arches to the entrance porch are almost lifted from the Alhambra.

DENTON - The foundation stone of a new Congregational Chapel at Denton was laid on Good Friday. The site is a plot of land on the Stockport-road, and adjoins the old chapel. The building is to accommodate 700 persons, and will be Byzantine in style, executed in red brick, with white facings and other ornamental work. The portico is to consist of three arches. The whole of the woodwork is to be of pitch pine. The total cost, including the land and the charge for converting the old chapel into a school house, is estimated at £ 6,000. The contractors are Messrs J. Robinson & Son, Hyde; and the architects, Messrs. Salomons & Ely, Manchester. [The Builder 22 April 1876: Page 395].

Reference           The Builder 22 April 1876: Page 395.