Building record 1424800000 - The Old Chapel, Well End

Well End Mission Hall was built in about 1886, probably under the patronage of Sir John Thomas, proprietor of Soho Mill and a noted local Temperance campaigner. The building (architect as yet unknown) creates a break in the run of cottages, and is very different stylistically to them. It is aligned gable end to road, and fills the width of the plot. Built in the popular Ecclesiological style of the time, which referred back to the great Gothic church buildings of the medieval period, it has a large rose window under a brick arch with stone drip mould to the front, stone surrounds, and all other windows ecclesiastical in style. Further stone details enliven the gable and the buttresses. This fine building fell out of use in the 1950s and withstood much pressure for its demolition. It is now converted to a dwelling house, and is an important eye catcher in views along the street, not just because of its gable, but also due to the long sweep of its slate roof. This is the only example of this material on the north side of the road. A farm track to the east provides a gap between this and the next grouping of buildings. A significant building within the Conservation Area of Well End (B1).