St Paul's Church - March 2015

[-Raz-]

On a rather snowy morning after failing to get into a nearby mill we headed through bradford to st paul's church a place which I had seen endless amounts of pics from but never ventured there myself. The place is absolutely fuc*** but the roof is brilliant!

Visited with Fat Panda

Designed by JB Chantrell, St. Paul's was completed in 1846 in an Early English style featuring a large gothic tower overlooking the village of Denholme. The constructions of the church cost £3,700 in total, a number that would have been significantly higher if not for the members of the parish contributing to the construction in their spare time.

St Paul's Church was granted grade II listed status meaning that it may not be demolished, extended, or altered without special permission from the local planning authority, but in 1997, soon after it's 150th anniversary the ceiling and roof were deemed unsafe and the church closed soon after this for repairs. Upon further inspection the repairs needed were found to be extensive and with great reluctance the building and part of the churchyard were put up for sale.

Although the old church building is now closed (and ruined) the graveyard is still open to new burials.

sorry if the edit is too much playing around with a new photoshop plugin

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Thanks for looking :upu2:

 

[Kalum_a]

Great shots man when did you got there.

 

[hamtagger]

Nice work there Raz

That blue ceiling is a cool feature

 

[skeleton key]

Looking good there Raz as have captured the place well and good to see

 

[-Raz-]

Cheer's guys!

 

[Fatpanda]

love how you can see the roof in all shots nice set brah

 

[jones-y-gog]

Nice one, even though the pews are gone I still love that place as there's plenty of natural decay

 

[shaddam]

cracking set