Completion of the Building
On Saturday June 28th 1873 after the laying of the foundation stone the building committee met and agreed “that the contract of Mr. Nelson to complete the tower and spire for the sum of £430.00 be accepted”. The building work was completed in February 1874, and was described as:
A beautiful building in the Gothic style of architecture, the design being conceived in the spirit of the early types of this style. It comprises of a nave with aisle, chancel, organ chamber and vestry on the north side facing Hurst Lane. There is a tower with spire at the north-west end of the building, the lower portion of which forms the porch. The church is build of red brick, the internal facings being of buff coloured bricks obtained from Nuneaton. The stone dressings to the doorways, nave, arcade and window tracery, etc., being executed partly in Attleborough and partly in ground Bath stone. The roof is open timbered and covered with brindle coloured plain tiles. There is accommodation for upwards of 300 people. It is a Chapel of Ease to the old Parish Church of St. Laurence and is in the Parish of Foleshill.
The total cost of the building in the statement of accounts amounted to £2,352. 5s. The architect’s fees were £146. 2s. and the land had cost £200. These costs along with the gas lighting, installation of a bell and other ancillaries brought the cost up to £2,935.16s.8d. Up to the Tuesday prior to the consecration of the church £2,270 had been raised. The collection after the consecration service amounted to £112, which with a profit on catering of £9.0s.1d left the committee with a debt of less than £500.
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