John Ward in his book The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent (1843) recorded that:

 “the walls of this chapel had just been raised above the ground when the Protestant riots in London, with which the name of Lord George Gordon is associated, took place, and the alarmed Catholics of Cobridge suspended their building for several months... The chapel was enlarged in 1816; it is calculated to accommodate about 150 persons, is an unassuming building, almost concealed by the Priest’s dwelling-house, and an adjoining school-house erected in 1822.”