church commercial

cheryl · 25-11-2009, 18:08

Have seen roofers replacing the slates on the old warehouse next to the commercial pub. Scaffolding has been up for ages but this roofing is a new activity, whats happening to the building anyone know?

wadey · 25-11-2009, 19:44

Sorry, no idea but it wants saving that's for sure

BERNADETTE · 25-11-2009, 19:49

It is a listed building so can't be demolished, no idea what the plans are though

esteemedjuju · 25-11-2009, 20:20

believe being done up as offices

Tealeaf · 25-11-2009, 20:43

An interesting point - the Commercial pub (or what's left of it) next door is actually older than the warehouse. In my opinion, the Commercial is actually the finest classic Georgian building in Hyndburn...anyone disagree?

Wynonie Harris · 25-11-2009, 21:21

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

An interesting point - the Commercial pub (or what's left of it) next door is actually older than the warehouse. In my opinion, the Commercial is actually the finest classic Georgian building in Hyndburn...anyone disagree?

Quite agree, Mr T, which makes it all the sadder to see it now. Went past it today and I was appalled to see the state that this once-excellent hostelry has been allowed to sink into.

Tealeaf · 25-11-2009, 21:30

It makes you wonder that instead of spending £12m on that monstosity called the Acorn Health Centre they could have knocked the Warehouse/Pub through and made a Primary Health facility there? I think it would have been a hell of alot cheaper - in addition to preserving some great buildings and making a great gateway into the centre of the Borough.

Wynonie Harris · 25-11-2009, 21:52

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

It makes you wonder that instead of spending £12m on that monstosity called the Acorn Health Centre they could have knocked the Warehouse/Pub through and made a Primary Health facility there? I think it would have been a hell of alot cheaper - in addition to preserving some great buildings and making a great gateway into the centre of the Borough.

I'm assuming that the Acorn Health Centre is that block which seems to have been dumped at the bottom of Lonsdale Street? £12m?...has it got marble and alabaster fittings and gold plated taps in the bogs?

Yes, it would've made more sense to use the buildings at Church. The warehouse is a listing building anyway and an important part of our industrial heritage, so it would've been great to see it being put to good use...still, since when did sense come into the decisions made by officialdom?

BERNADETTE · 25-11-2009, 23:59

Unfortunately this area of Church has been left to rot IMHO, where once we had a thriving community with local shops to serve the residents now there are very few shops in Church. Maybe some foresight should be given when building flats and sheltered accomodation for the elderly and disabled as to their accessibility to shops and such like. It seems certain areas of Hyndburn can get all the grants going whilst others are just left to fester along with some historic buildings.

Bernard Dawson · 26-11-2009, 00:21

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

Unfortunately this area of Church has been left to rot IMHO, where once we had a thriving community with local shops to serve the residents now there are very few shops in Church. Maybe some foresight should be given when building flats and sheltered accomodation for the elderly and disabled as to their accessibility to shops and such like. It seems certain areas of Hyndburn can get all the grants going whilst others are just left to fester along with some historic buildings.

It's a fair point Bernie. When a lot of the social housing was built in Church there was a few more shops and services.

Church at that time as you know better than I do was quite a thriving community.

cashman · 26-11-2009, 00:31

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

Unfortunately this area of Church has been left to rot IMHO, where once we had a thriving community with local shops to serve the residents now there are very few shops in Church. Maybe some foresight should be given when building flats and sheltered accomodation for the elderly and disabled as to their accessibility to shops and such like. It seems certain areas of Hyndburn can get all the grants going whilst others are just left to fester along with some historic buildings.

was a good place to live when i was yon (early 70s) various shops, chemist, post office, good watering holes, seemed to go down the pan when i left.

AngleIron · 26-11-2009, 08:08

they could have even made it into a night club..it would have eased the congested town centre a bit!!

flashy · 26-11-2009, 08:13

i think the bit as you come under the bridge at Church/Ossy from Blackburn is dank and dull, right upto Church traffic lights, it reminds me of something out of the dark ages

Neil · 26-11-2009, 08:49

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

It seems certain areas of Hyndburn can get all the grants going whilst others are just left to fester along with some historic buildings.

Should public money be used to maintain and repair private houses?

Personally I don't think it should. Not unless we all get the same.

It is the people that make an area what it is, not just the buildings. If Church is rotting, as said above, then a lot of that is to do with the people.

Bob Dobson · 26-11-2009, 10:50

An interesting point was raised earlier - that the Commercial pre-dates the warehouse. May be so, but not a lot in it. The warehouse is an 1830s building. Built by Hargreaves of Broad Oak, it replaced an earlier one in Canal Street. The road there was laid down as a turnpike by John Metcalfe, 'Blind Jack of Knaresborough' in the 1820s, but the pub is not mentioned in Baines' 1824 directory. It was sited there to catch travellers on the new turnpike and those travelling from Ossie and Clayton.

My dad told everyone " I go to church every Sunday - Church Commercial;"