A former Catholic Church, the north, June 2014

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This Catholic church was completed in 1853 in what was originally quite a heavily populated area however due to the war damage and continuing slum clearances in the post war, the church lost much of its congregation as the district was rebuilt as a business area. In 1998 it finally closed when a new replacement church was built.

Upon arriving there was a bloke onsite painting new white lines on the floor of the car park, after a brief exchange of words it turned out he was the caretaker of the site and he had no objections in letting us in through the front door!

A real nice bloke who even gave us each a book about the place as we were leaving!

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Most of the time we expect churches to be close to pristine but I do love the debris in the centre of both the church arches/pillars, really appeals to me, lovely stuff :)
 
That detailing is lush! Your photos really do it justice too,
Thanks for sharing :)
 

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