Opening in 1892 this rather large church closed in 2012 following a fall in the congregation and a series of lead thefts which left an estimated repair bill of £500,000. The church sits covered in a thick yellow/orange dust with roof damage slowly eating away at this Grade II listed building.
The building was listed on The Victorian Society Top 10 Endangered List in 2013 and is also listed by English Heritage as At Risk with a condition of Very Bad.
Visited with ZerO81 and Judderman, Tbolt having wandered in the day before. This wonderful church had been on our radar for a while and it would seem to be now firmly placed on the tourist trail.
Its a very long and very narrow walk up the to the bell tower, one your not going to forget in a hurry as when do finally get up to the top there is very little to see other than a roof in a shocking state of repair, lots of pigeon shit and then you have to come down again.
So if an extremely dusty, darkened church is your thing then its a 9/10 otherwise your looking at a 5 or possibly a 4.
Merry Christmas folks, see you all in the New Year.
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The building was listed on The Victorian Society Top 10 Endangered List in 2013 and is also listed by English Heritage as At Risk with a condition of Very Bad.
Visited with ZerO81 and Judderman, Tbolt having wandered in the day before. This wonderful church had been on our radar for a while and it would seem to be now firmly placed on the tourist trail.
Its a very long and very narrow walk up the to the bell tower, one your not going to forget in a hurry as when do finally get up to the top there is very little to see other than a roof in a shocking state of repair, lots of pigeon shit and then you have to come down again.
So if an extremely dusty, darkened church is your thing then its a 9/10 otherwise your looking at a 5 or possibly a 4.
Merry Christmas folks, see you all in the New Year.
Follow @fragglehunter
nicely captured matey. Mucho enjoyed this place. 8/10
ReplyDeleteThanks, I suspect this is one of your favorites of 2015.
DeleteNice pics sir you can also see my lens cap from the roof! ;-)
ReplyDeleteHappy to report your lens cap is indeed safely nesting on the roof.
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