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Report - Richmond Baptist Sunday School and Church (Liverpool, May, 2018)

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The Richmond Baptist Church is an attractive listed building on Breck Road, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1068353. The front portion of the first floor is currently used as a mosque, with the ground floor serving as a community space https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/muslims-liverpool-we-want-re-11509574.

Attached to the rear of the church is a sunday school, originally constructed along with the church (1865) and rebuilt in 1930. This place has been empty for as long as I can remember, one of a number of derelict properties near the Breck/Oakfield Road junction. I’m not sure who owns it - possibly the council - but its been earmarked for demolition so I went to have a look before it gets flattened. I also wanted to see the rear portion of the church which is also unused and apparently quite derelict.

The sunday school building consists of a large central hall with other rooms over two storeys at each end. This mission was during school half term holiday - junior was out of action due to a rugby injury so instead acted as lookout, since the entrance to this one is rather public. As usual, pictures were taken handheld and quite fast on a borrowed camera, everything auto, and are ordered from the ground floor up. There is a small basement but nothing of interest down there.

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Sunday school from Grasmere Street and inscriptions on the other side of the building.

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Ground floor

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“Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease”

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Main hall and more rooms.

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Upstairs

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Over to the rear of the church.

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A quick look at the ground floor - all the pews have gone and there is a temporary fabric ceiling slung across the galleries, probably to keep out the dust from the space above. Note the funky curved door - the back of the hall is curved.

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Upstairs

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The mosque is behind the partition - I didn’t look there but I assume the panelled ceiling carries on.

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