St John’s Parish Hall. Marsland Road Sale

Fund raising for the hall began in May 1885 and one year later, in May 1886 the hall was officially opened. Built of brick with half-timbering to the gables. Land donated by William Cunliffe Brooks. The hall was sold to Sale Borough Council in 1967 for use as a community centre.

BROOKLANDS (CHESHIRE) - On the 13th inst. the Bishop of Chester opened the parish room recently erected at Brooklands from the designs of Mr. Charles Heathcote, architect, Manchester. The room is in connexion with the church of St. John the Divine, is cruciform in plan, and will accommodate 325. The two arms of the cross can be separated from the remainder on the building by folding-screens. A vestry, and room for the preparation of refreshments, and two retiring-rooms complete the plan. The porch, containing two sets of folding-doors, is warmed, like the remainder of the building! with high-pressure pipes. The heating-apparats chamber and a large store-room are in the basement. The building is lined above the wooden dado with bands of red and buff Ruabon bricks. The roof is open-timbered and wood lined, and the internal fittings and floor are in pitch pine. The extract-ventilator, with current induced by gas-jets, is in a turret at the west end. The floors of the porch and tea-room are laid in mosaics. The builders were Messrs Wilson, Toft, and Huntley, of City-road, Manchester. [Builder 22 May 1886 page 762] 

Reference     Builder 22 May 1886 page 762
Reference     Chapters in Parish History. The first hundred years of the Church of St John the Divine Brooklands Irene Collins (ed).  No date (c1968)