Huge Lancashire church for sale for less than the price of a new Kia Sportage
If you’re in the property game and fancy a project for a staggeringly cheap price, take a look at this.
The former St Saviour’s Parish Church in New Line, near Bacup, is on the market for offers in the region of £25,000.
For less than the price of a new Kia Sportage, you can have this stone built church and an additional detached outbuilding/Sunday school, a car park and extensive woodland grounds adjacent to Stubbylee Park.
Agent Kirkham Property call it a “unique development/restoration opportunity” but advise that the building is “seriously dilapidated and requires a major refurbishment to bring it up to a usable state”.
They also note that the vendors reserve the right to remove any of the stained-glass windows, pews, the pulpit, the stone font and other furnishings prior to completion.
The church
The church is a Grade II listed Early Pointed Gothic stone church consecrated in 1865. Built for £8,000 by James Maden Holt, it features a 150ft spire, polished red granite pillars, and a sunken baptistry. Following its closure in 2007, it has remained largely derelict, with failed residential conversion plans.
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