New School-Chapel, Crossens Southport

The memorial stones of a new chapel in connection with the United Methodist Free Church were laid on Shrove Tuesday (February 10). The building will be a structure capable of seating 250 persons. The inside dimensions of the chapel will be 42 feet by 28 feet, entered from a side porch and vestibule, 11 feet by 5 feet. At the back will be exit lobbies into boys= and girls= yards respectively, and two vestries, each 12 feet by 11 feet. The heating apparatus and tea making rooms will be in the centre, four feet below the level of the chapel floor, and over these rooms will be a gallery for the choir and organ. The outer walls will be of brick with a 3 inch cavity and the dressings will be of Cefn stone. The internal fittings will be of varnished pitch pine. The total cost, including freehold, will be £800.

CROSSENS, SOUTHPORT - The memorial-stones of a new school-chapel, in connection with the United Methodist Free Churches, were laid on Shrove Tuesday, February 10th. The building will be capable of seating 250 persons, and will be built from designs by Messrs. Maxwell, Tuke, and Hurst, architects, Southport. The inside dimensions of the chapel will be 42 feet by 28 feet, entered from a side porch and vestibule 11 feet by 5 feet. At the back will be exit lobbies into boys' and girls' yards respectively, and two vestries, each 12 feet by 11 feet. The heating apparatus and tea-making rooms will be in the centre 4 feet below the level of chapel-floor, and over these rooms will be a gallery for the choir and organ. The outer walls will be of brick with a 3in. cavity, and the dressings will be of Cefn stone. The internal fittings will be of varnished pitch pine. The total cost, including freehold site, will be £800. [Building News 20 February 1880 page 235]

Reference    British Architect 20 February 1880 Page 94
Reference    Building News 20 February 1880 page 235