With thanks to Brief Introduction to St Mary's Church.
I wonder if the Eyre Refuge was the building sitting above it, (or is that the Belilios Reformatory?) knocked down for the later church in 1936. Or perhaps the Refuge is the square 2 storey building to the right of the chapel with the inverted U gateway? The church was described as being on 'a piece of land adjacent to the refuge.' Before the church/chapel was built worshippers had to be collected from the refuge and taken to St Stephen’s Church on Bonham Road, some 5 miles away.
Can we identify the white building, the top of which is seen in the background?
I'm delighted to have found this photo. It was in this church that missionary Mildred Dibden had her Cantonese language lessons in 1931 from an elderly Chinese gentleman who knew just two words of English, savvy and tea. She had great misgivings as to how she would learn, but she did.