This Grade II listed former miners’ hall designed by one of the world’s most famous engineers.
The building was constructed to a design by the great Victorian railway engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.Built in 1855 as Siloh Chapel, it was designed to accommodate the congregation of a non-conformist chapel.
1921, it became the Miners’ Hall where it hosted events for pit workers and their families, before becoming Charbonniers nightclub in 1987, which later closed.The historic building was severely damaged when a fire gutted the main hall in 1992
after which the annex was refurbished and re-opened as a pub.
20 years plus its been derelict now and the fate is unknown, their was talks about building houses but who knows.
The building in the 1980's
The building was constructed to a design by the great Victorian railway engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.Built in 1855 as Siloh Chapel, it was designed to accommodate the congregation of a non-conformist chapel.
1921, it became the Miners’ Hall where it hosted events for pit workers and their families, before becoming Charbonniers nightclub in 1987, which later closed.The historic building was severely damaged when a fire gutted the main hall in 1992
after which the annex was refurbished and re-opened as a pub.
20 years plus its been derelict now and the fate is unknown, their was talks about building houses but who knows.
The building in the 1980's
