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Report - Loxley Chapel, Sheffield - February 2015

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AuntieKnickers

inquisitive historian
28DL Full Member
Visited with The Stig

Loxley Chapel was built in 1787 by the Rev Benjamin Greaves who was the curate of Bradfield, along with a few friends. The chapel closed in 1993 after the parish had dwindled to an unsustainable amount, it is now in private ownership although the burial ground is still used.

When the construction of the chapel had been completed, consecration was to be refused because the builders declined to put in an east window for unknown reasons. It was later sold at auction for approximately £315 and thus became an independent chapel. According to a religious census of 1851, an average congregation at an afternoon service was 200 and it had started performing baptisms in 1799. The first officer onboard the Titanic, Henry Tingle Wilde was reportidly christened here

In its later life, the chapel became known as the Loxley United Reformed / Independent Church. It is a grade 2 listed building and has been on English Heritage at risk register since August 1985.

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Thanks for Looking
 

ledgehammer

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
yeh,

have missed this one, every indication that its been sealed up tight,

may have to check it out ...

best...
 

WildBoyz

Is this the future?
28DL Full Member
Good report that. Fantastic window shot! It's crazy how many listed buildings there are which are left to rot away.
 

Will Knot

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Nice photos.....tried this place a couple of time but was always sealed :(

Thanks for sharin' :thumb
 

Theonewhokills

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Visited with The Stig

Loxley Chapel was built in 1787 by the Rev Benjamin Greaves who was the curate of Bradfield, along with a few friends. The chapel closed in 1993 after the parish had dwindled to an unsustainable amount, it is now in private ownership although the burial ground is still used.

When the construction of the chapel had been completed, consecration was to be refused because the builders declined to put in an east window for unknown reasons. It was later sold at auction for approximately £315 and thus became an independent chapel. According to a religious census of 1851, an average congregation at an afternoon service was 200 and it had started performing baptisms in 1799. The first officer onboard the Titanic, Henry Tingle Wilde was reportidly christened here

In its later life, the chapel became known as the Loxley United Reformed / Independent Church. It is a grade 2 listed building and has been on English Heritage at risk register since August 1985.

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Thanks for Looking

Planning on going here, is there any asbestos in there?
 
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