Glad Tidings was constructed in 1902, the same year the houses in Coronation Street were built. Though the chapel's main entrance was in Victoria Street, the hall and vestry extended to Coronation Street, and the vestry, a small flat home to the Mission caretaker, had its own side entrance and address of 16 Coronation Street. From 1937 to 1968, when the Mission was demolished due to dwindling congregations, Ena Sharples held the unpaid position of Mission caretaker.