St Peter's Church South Bank

[TheLodger]

I know Neil well and he's not one to just walk away, talk to him and he will be your friend, and that's not a political statement.

Buildings are expensive to keep and older they are more expensive just keeping them at the status quo are. I'll refer you back to the Crown, forget about the mess and why the council own it, but look at the report at keeping it.

£5.5m will need to be spent on it to bring it up to a standard where it can be used, £1m more for it to be used for leisure.

I read all day and every day residents complaining about old buildings being demolished, usually aimed at the council or the likes, even if the council don't own the buildings and in them days rarely did. People love history, but no one wants to pay for it.

 

[fmttmadmin]

I'd imagine the Church is a lot more reserved than the C of E hierarchy, although I may be wrong. What you seem to be championing there is everything but the raison d'etre of a working church. I can only assume you're referring to a de-consecrated building.

The Church Conservation Trust buildings are not deconsecrated. They are described as vested. They no longer have regular services and are not parish churches but they are still churches.
If you go to Ipswich Town away there is a medieval church between Portman Road and the nearby wharf that was taken over by The CCT it is now run as a community church by a new church group..

Is it Grade 2 listed? Whatever, the Victorian Society would be very interested and concerned. The CCT won a multi milion pound lottery award for Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland. So, it is possible. But it needs a group to come together and a plan to be hatched to utlilise a landmark church as a community lynchpin..

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

We have a church from 845AD in Billingham under threat of closure.

Fund raisers are underway, Jez Lowe is playing in April there (sold out.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

We have a church from 845AD in Billingham under threat of closure.

Fund raisers are underway, Jez Lowe is playing in April there (sold out.

The acoustics in churches are brilliant and I could see the above church being used as a venue.

 

[swordtrombonefish]

The acoustics in churches are brilliant and I could see the above church being used as a venue.

St Peters does have fantastic acoustics - the trouble with the building is the area has a reputation and people might be reluctant to park cars there for venues - unless the area was secured or had personnel available to watch over the area. I am not trying to be negative as I would love to see it used for something like that, but you have to show the good and bad in any venture like that.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

St Peters does have fantastic acoustics - the trouble with the building is the area has a reputation and people might be reluctant to park cars there for venues - unless the area was secured or had personnel available to watch over the area. I am not trying to be negative as I would love to see it used for something like that, but you have to show the good and bad in any venture like that.

I know you aren't and what you suggest happened in the past, Terry Trainor used to look after the cars whilst people went to mass.