Jerusalem Church Ramsbottom Lane Ramsbottom

RAMSBOTTOM.‑The comer‑stones of the new Jerusalem Church, Ramsbottom Lane, were laid on Saturday week. The style is Gothic of Early English character, the walls being faced with Horncliffe parpoints, with dressings of Fletcher-bank stone. The length internally is 62 feet by 29 feet 6 inches, the height being 20 feet to wall‑plates, and 44 feet from floor to ridge. The roof is to be in one span, open‑timbered, and of pitch pine, and the pewing, pulpit, and all the internal woodwork is be of selected pitch pine, varnished. There will be a small gallery over the entrance. Underneath the church will be a large schoolroom. Sittings are provided for 415 persons. The architect is Mr C W Whittenbury (Bird and Whittenbury), Manchester, and the work is to be carried out, at a total cost of £2,650, by local tradesmen. [Building News 3 July 1874 page 47]

Reference           Building News 3 July 1874 page 47