Two Trees Ln, Haughton Green
This brick-built church stands on the corner of Two Trees Ln and Sunningdale Rd. It was founded in 1810 as the Haughton Green Wesleyan Chapel and it is a
typical building of the period with a slate roof, a gable at each end and plain rounded windows. Inside, there is a central pulpit at the southern end, a gallery on all four sides and a pipe organ behind the pulpit.
There is a small Communion table and Communion rail in front of the pulpit for the purpose of Holy Communion.
A new entrance was added in 1913 and a house attached to the right-hand elevation was demolished in 1981.
The half-acre site, which incorporates a graveyard, was purchased for £130 and the chapel cost £700 to build. The chapel opened in 1811 and the first minister was the Revd William Jones.
In early 2011 the church closed and services are now held in the former Sunday School on the opposite side of the road. The church was damaged by fire during the week ending 25 Jul 2020 and it was then planned to convert the building into four, two-bedroom flats. Subsequently, it was alleged that gravestones have been removed without due process being followed.
Right: The church viewed from Sunningdale Rd, Sep 2008.
The Church Organ
The organ at Haughton Green Methodist Church was supplied by Alexander Young & Sons Ltd, a firm of organ builders based on Eldon St, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester,
and their worksplate was attached to it.
Alexander Young was born in Glamis Forfarshire, Scotland, in 1809 and by 1837 he was living in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, where he was employed as an organ builder, and by the time of the 1871 census he had become a foreman. The 1871 census also records that his son, William Alexander, was employed as an organ tuner but in 1872 he founded the family business of Alexander Young & Sons Ltd, which was established in Vine St, off Stretford Rd, Hulme. His father joined him in 1873 and in 1875 the business moved to Eldon St, Chorlton-on-Medlock.
Haughton Green Methodist Sunday School, now Haughton Green Methodist Church Hall
This brick-built Sunday School was erected in 1877 and it incorporates a number of foundation stones that are now severely eroded.
These are located at the corners of the front elevation and below the two windows. The two stones on the right hand corner were laid by a Mr Enoch Moores and a Mrs James Brown of Bolton on the 30 Mar 1877,
the latter being a memorial stone. The top stone below the right-hand window was laid by a Mr Joseph Wilcockson.
The top and bottom stones below the left-hand window were laid by a Mr George Shaw and a Miss Lever of Bowdon, respectively.
In 1915 a porch was built in front of the entrance incorporating seven foundation stones which show that they were laid on the 28 Aug 1915.
