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Report - Loxley chapel Sheffield may 2016

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Lavino

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28DL Full Member
Was in the area with @Dangle_Angle and @woopashoopaa so thought we may aswell take a look. And what a absolute mess this small chapel is in. There is a graveyard that is totally overgrown with only the top visible. Not a lot to see here so I wouldn't bother going out of your way to visit.heres a bit of history and a few photos...

The Chapel was built in 1787 by the Rev Benjamin Greaves (the then curate of Bradfield) together with some of his associates. Shortly after its completion consecration was refused because builders would, for some unknown reason, not install an east-facing window. It was eventually sold at auction for the princely sum of £315 and so became an independent chapel. A decade later it started performing baptisms in 1799 and the first officer of the Titanic, Henry Tingle Wilde was apparently christened here. Notably a significant number of the 240 dead from the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864 are buried in the cemetery. This includes members the Armitage family, who tragically lost 12 of their number, including five children. Here's what the chapel looked like in the later 2016'

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ZerO81

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
There is a lot more tagging in there than the last time i popped in and that was only a few months back.

Decent set of shots though mate, shame your main target of the day was a no-go.
 

Lavino

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28DL Full Member
Yes looking at reports from only a few months back there's a lot graff in there. As for the other place in the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger " I'll be back "
 

HughieD

28DL Regular User
Regular User
This place is going down hill fast. If the owners really cared about this place they'd re-seal it. Real shame.
 

Vertigo

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
This place is going down hill fast. If the owners really cared about this place they'd re-seal it. Real shame.

The owners don't care.

Apparently it's owned by a guy that owns bradfield water works and the children's home in bradfield (forgot the name). Apparently he buys listed buildings and let's them become structurally unsound then He pulls them down and sells the land. It's a shame really as loxley chapel was originally bid for by a scout group who needed a new hall, which this would have been perfect. but they were outbid by the now owner.
 

BrainL

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
That's in a shocking state now isn't it !! Looks like theres lots of water getting through the roof as well, quite a sad sight now :(
 

Lavino

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28DL Full Member
Yeah it is in a bad way and will only get worse. I was quite shocked at the grave yard as some of them aren't that old.
 

Theonewhokills

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
This place is going down hill fast. If the owners really cared about this place they'd re-seal it. Real shame.
I live in the local area, it gets re-sealed all the time but people smash the boards in, the church never looked like this. Its a shame really.
 

Dangle_Angle

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
It was a stepping stone before Joes mate....was worth seeing it just to cross it off the long list we have tattooed on our dicks haha (No sarcie comments lads!) :oops:
 

pbx

not doing anything apart from photos now
28DL Full Member
The owners don't care.

Apparently it's owned by a guy that owns bradfield water works and the children's home in bradfield (forgot the name). Apparently he buys listed buildings and let's them become structurally unsound then He pulls them down and sells the land. It's a shame really as loxley chapel was originally bid for by a scout group who needed a new hall, which this would have been perfect. but they were outbid by the now owner.
The owner of Loxley Chapel wants to do it up and not pull it down I know the guy he's quite nice and the Children's Home is Thornseat Lodge
 
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