Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, 16 Bath Road, Old Town, Swindon

TO BUILDERS desirous of TENDERING for the erection of Chapel in Bath Road, Swindon, are requested to forward names and address to Messrs. Bromilow and Cheers, Architects and Surveyors, 6, Pekin Buildings Harrington Street, Liverpool. [Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle Monday 26 August 1878 page 1]

The new church was to be lit by gas chandeliers.  It would be 96 feet long, 56 feet wide and 69 feet high; there would be a 40 foot square schoolroom and six classrooms.  The eventual cost of the building, fully furnished, was £5,631.  On 16 April 1879, the foundation stone was laid, with its time-capsule, and a tea for 500 people was held in The Corn Exchange. The Official Opening took place at 3 p.m. on Whit Monday, 17th May 1880.  Dedication services and special events lasted for 23 days. 

Reference        Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle Monday 26 August 1878 page 1
Reference        Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle Monday 2 September 1878 page 1
Reference        Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle Saturday 19 April 1879 page 5
Reference        North Wilts Herald Saturday 19 April 1879 page6-7
Reference        North Wilts Herald Monday 21 April 1879 page 7