A report of the stone laying for Hunslet Methodist New Connexion mission chapel and Sunday school held in in 1880 stated that
“The building which has been designed by Mr J E Leak, architect, of Hunslet, will be built of brick with stone dressings, in the classic style, and will consist of a chapel to accommodate a congregation of 400 persons, an infants’ school-room for 100 children, and two vestries. The building will cost £1000”
Building News, 4.6.1880
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This is probably the school chapel on Bower Road. The Methodist New Connexion Magazine gives full accounts of the laying of the stones on May 29 1880 and the opening on October 14 1880. They clearly did not hang about in the West Riding.
Methodist New Connexion Magazine 1880 pp 564-566
Methodist New Connexion Magazine 1881 pp 59-61
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