Hyde Road Chapel

MANCHESTER -  Hyde-road Chapel has been opened. The plan is transeptal, necessitated by the square form of the site, and the chapel is built in conjunction with the old school chapel which is now used entirely for purposes of a day and Sunday school. The roof is ceiled octagonally, the octagon form being intersected over each transept. Over the front gallery is a large five- light traceried window, and over each of the others grouped five-light lancet windows. A choir-loft is formed over the end of the nave. An arcaded porch opens to the ground floor, and separate staircases from the front enter to the galleries. Accommodation is provided for between 500 and 600 persons. The cost, including lighting and heating, is 1,8801., The builder is Mr. B. W. Bird, of Bradford, Manchester, and Mr. Fowden, one of the contractors of the Building Fund, kindly acted as clerk of works. The architect is Mr. Alexander Lauder. [Builder 24 January 1874 page 77].

Opened : 7 December 1873

Reference           Builder 24 January 1874 page 77