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Former parish church, St Day

A pleasing 'shell' of a church. The roof fell in in the 1950s but the building had been dangerous and de-commissioned long before then. The new church over the road also seems to be very old but I guess it was built towards the end of the 19th century. This one was built in the 1820s but in inferior materials and it became unusable very quickly! Now an open air exhibition centre. An expansive graveyard surrounds it - it seems to have been the burial ground of choice for many of the mining villages near here, at least for the minority non- Methodists!
Never really got into Jeff Beck - may he rest in peace - but I thought this was rather good so here it is!
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13 comments

Madeleine Defawes said:

Belle image de cette église insolite !
Bonne journée. Amitiés
3 years ago ( translate )

Malik Raoulda said:

Superbe et admirablement rendue avec ce remarquable cadrage. Merci pour les informations.
Bonne et agréable journée.
3 years ago ( translate )

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Nice architectural image.
3 years ago ( translate )

William Sutherland said:

Fabulous shot! Stay well!

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3 years ago

Günter Klaus said:

Ein sehr schöner Durchblick ist das auf diese Kirche lieber Andy :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))
3 years ago ( translate )

Ulrich John said:

The fantastic mood of the Blue Hour !
3 years ago

Keith Burton said:

Great framing Andy.............with a bit of a melancholic ambience...........perfectly suited to the the church and graveyard I think.
3 years ago

Jenny McIntyre said:

Such a shame that this church had been allowed to become damaged and no longer in use. I like the shape of it's architecture. It reminds me of the entrance to a jail - the long tree-lined walk to a building with a door shut.
3 years ago

Andy Rodker said:

Thank you, everybody! The only reason I have a lot of shots from about 5 pm or so is because that's the only time I can escape for a brief walk just to stretch my legs!
3 years ago

John Lawrence said:

Thanks for posting to the group
www.ipernity.com/group/churches
3 years ago

Andy Rodker replied to John Lawrence:

Thank you, John!
3 years ago

Roger (Grisly) said:

Wonderful composition Andy
Thank you for posting your image in the group
www.ipernity.com/group/west.of.england
3 years ago

Andy Rodker replied to Roger (Grisly):

Many thanks, Roger!
3 years ago