After looking in my archive of photos I realised I had some photos of a redundant church I visted in Didcot some years ago so This week we visit St Peter Didcot, which is no longer a church but now Northbourne Community Centre. The Church was dedicated in 1890 as the Church of England parish church of St Peter; de-consecrated in 1977 and subsequently converted into a community centre
From the car park you get a view good view of the church it looks older than it is. I dare say the church was built for the benefit of the railway worked that would have lived in the nearby houses. The carpark may have been built on the old churchyard
View of the bell tower an porch
You need to go out on the road to get a view of the East end of the church
This looks along the North side with what was most likely the vestry in the near photo
The porch no doubt built at the same time as the church
The East end with vestry
This was stitched to show the whole North side.
This looks back to wards a mezzanine floor which has been constructed over a kitchen area in the bell tower
Till Next time Take Care have a peaceful weekend
9 comments:
I always enjoy seeing your posts about these old churches. A bit sad to see it is no longer in use as a church, but good the exterior remains, and that the building is put to good use.
It is a good use of the building.
Now, when we cannot travel, our photo archives are a treasure of not only photos but also beautiful memories.
Happy and beautiful Sunday, Billy:)
I was surprised to see when it closed I do admit
Better that a lot of uses I have seen, at least it benefits the community
I think I reached the bottom of the archive now, I cannot remember any more places I visited and not posted about
Cool.
I love the arch on the interior.
It's good that the church is being used as a meeting place when that's possible. I wonder how the churchyard could have been turned into a car park? Have a good rest of the week Bill.
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