Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Kirkdale Liverpool

KIRKDALE - The memorial stones of a new Wesleyan Methodist chapel were laid on the 14^th inst. at Kirkdale, Liverpool. The chapel will be in the Italian style, the walls being faced with Ruabon bricks, tuck pointed, the dressings being of local stone. The building is arranged on a transeptal plan, the body being 70 feet by 50 feet inside, and the width across the transept 64 feet 6 inches. There will be a minister's vestry, a band‑room, an orchestra, and four class‑rooms, with a separate staircase, and a heating vault in the basement. The front of the building is broken with central gable having a triple arcade, containing lights, and ornamented with scroll panels in form of a balcony. There are  porches flanking this centre, and in the main angle is a tower, 12 feet square, rising to the height of 84 feet, and finished with a domical covering in lead. The building will accommodate 1,100 worshippers, and the cost of the whole, including boundary walls, will be about £4,600. The designs have been prepared by Messrs William Waddington and Son, of Burnley. The contractor is Mr Samuel Webster, of Bootle.

Reference    Building News 22 August 1879 page 236
Reference    British Architect 22 August 1879 Page 77