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Report - St John the Evangelist Church, Crawshawbooth, Sep17

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albino-jay

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Stumbled upon this place a few years ago but it was tightly sealed. Completely forgot about the place. Didn't even notice any reports on it.

Late to the party looking back at earlier reports. I went after work and it got dark very very quickly. Ventured up the tower but with it being so dark I wasn't risking the roof or the timber to try and get a better picture of the bell.

History

St John the Evangelist's Church is in the village of Crawshawbooth, near Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. It is aredundant Anglican parish church formerly in the deanery of Rossendale, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester. Its benefice has been united with that of St Mary and All Saints, Goodshaw. The church is recorded in theNational Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. St John's was built between 1890 and 1892 to a design by the Lancaster architects Paley, Austin and Paley. The estimated cost of the church was £6,800 but, because of problems with the foundations, its final cost, including the fittings, was nearer to £12,000 (£1,170,000 in 2016). It provided seating for 616 people. Financial donations towards the site and structure of the church were made by Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw of Crawshaw Hall. Because of diminishing numbers attending the church, and because of thefts of lead from the roof of the church, the congregation has decided to opt for the church to be declared redundant. The church was declared redundant on 20 February 2012.

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ZerO81

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28DL Full Member
Some nice shots there.

Looks like the place has been seriously cleared out since I went, although I do know of a group of people who were on the rob from there, maybe they upscaled their mission.
 
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