Building Name

Wesleyan School Higher Broughton

Date
1866
Street
Great Cheetham Street
District/Town
Higher Broughton, Salford
County/Country
GMCA, England
Partnership
Work
New Build
Status
Demolished
Contractor
Mr Tickell of Strangeways

MANCHESTER - The new building for the Wesleyan Schools at Higher Broughton stands on a plot of ground immediately behind the Wesleyan Chapel in Great Cheetham Street, and consists of a mixed school-room, 48 feet by 30 feet; infants’ school-room 30 feet by 18 feet; and three class-rooms 18 feet by 11 feet 6 inches each. In the basement underneath these class-rooms are store rooms, heating-chamber and boiler-room. The conveniences are placed at the back, apart from the main building. There are two entrance porches at the front, and two others, communicating with the back yards. The principal rooms are 11 feet 6 inches high to the wall-plate and 19 feet 9 inches to the ceiling. The principals are wrought stained and varnished, and rest on shaped stone corbels. The two school rooms are connected by a large archway with doors, and can therefore be opened into one large room when necessary. The walls are built of seconds bricks, and plastered on the inside: they are 16 inches thick, formed with a 2 inch cavity, and strengthened with buttresses opposite each principal. The style is early English, very plain and inexpensive. Owing to the unevenness of the ground, and the loose sandy nature of the soil, the foundations at one end have had to be carried down to a considerable depth. The rooms are heated by hot water pipes, and are well-ventilated. The cost of the building is about £1,300. The designs were prepared by Messrs Hayley and Son (now Hayley and Dawes), of Manchester. The contractor was Mr Tickell, Strangeways. [Builder 17 March 1866 Page 202]

Reference           Builder 17 March 1866 Page 202