Visited here with my usual friend man gone wrong. We arrived early on a beautiful sunny day en route elsewhere. It was a nice relaxed visit, but looks like it was getting a bit more trashed from the earlier report by KPurban. But luckily the damage was not too bad to distract from this lovely church.
The church was known as the church for the poor. Built in 1876 in the east end of the town which was expanding rapidly with the rise of industry, also a large influx of Irish and country folk moving there. The church cost 3,000 pounds to build, and was built by the local vicar and the owner of a needle factory. It was said the church was built for the poor so the poor would not lower the tone at the local parish church ( how backward did we use to be). The church continued to flourish with community event. When Redditch became a new town and new roads were built this part of the town suffered from lack of investment. So a new recreation hall was built on the side in 1992 for toddler groups, sports and social groups. Finally attendance grew so low it closed its doors in 2012. It was put on the market in 2014 for a guide price of two hundred thousand pounds, sadly it's still laying derelict though.
The church was known as the church for the poor. Built in 1876 in the east end of the town which was expanding rapidly with the rise of industry, also a large influx of Irish and country folk moving there. The church cost 3,000 pounds to build, and was built by the local vicar and the owner of a needle factory. It was said the church was built for the poor so the poor would not lower the tone at the local parish church ( how backward did we use to be). The church continued to flourish with community event. When Redditch became a new town and new roads were built this part of the town suffered from lack of investment. So a new recreation hall was built on the side in 1992 for toddler groups, sports and social groups. Finally attendance grew so low it closed its doors in 2012. It was put on the market in 2014 for a guide price of two hundred thousand pounds, sadly it's still laying derelict though.
