St Paul's Church - West Yorkshire | 02/15

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St Paul's Church - West Yorkshire | 02/15

This property was a little harder to find information on as it has a particularly uneventful past but here goes!

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.

Soon after it's closure the Church of England removed a significant amount of the valuable items from within the property under the English Heritage's instructions, these items include but are not limited to the font, organ, bells and all of the stained glass windows from the ground floor.

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

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Thanks for reading, all feedback is appreciated!
 
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Spot on... Super snaps.
Cheers pal, as I said before if you're ever in the Halifax neck of the woods (Or fancy venturing somewhere in West Yorks) feel free to hit us up!

Wow what an awesome place stunning photos well done mate
Thanks, wish we'd visited before the vandals got to it though, looks like it's been hit by a bomb in comparison!
 
really like this! excellent job, really impressive report on the place :) please keep this up with future posts!

Cheers for the feedback, really appreciate it! We've got another report up (in a similar style) of High Royds Asylum (Admin Building) and have another coming up this weekend (although I won't publicise where in case of, well you know why)!
 
Cheers for the feedback, really appreciate it! We've got another report up (in a similar style) of High Royds Asylum (Admin Building) and have another coming up this weekend (although I won't publicise where in case of, well you know why)!

I saw please keep this style of "report" going, I have yet to make videos, but videos with history and photos are awesome ways of documentation, only a few do it here :)
 
I saw please keep this style of "report" going, I have yet to make videos, but videos with history and photos are awesome ways of documentation, only a few do it here :)

We initially delved into the hobby with just DSLRs, but decided the most affective way to convey the feel/atmosphere of a property would be through video, so figured we may as well strap on the GoPros and see what comes of it!
 

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