[Bell Historians] Re: Hanley, Staffs

[mtchilds]

Thanks for all your information.

I was in Stoke area last weekend and walked past the boarded up 
church and suspected it was St John's, but could not be sure as I was 
not aware it is redundant.

I am sure we all agree that it is a rather sorry state of affairs, 
and hopefully a new home will one day be found the bells. A few big 
towers in the Leeds area spring to mind....

Michael



--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "David Bryant" <david at b...> 
wrote:
> > There is a photo of the boarded up church at Hanley
> 
> > There must be an easier way, but I'm not sufficiently pc literate 
to
> > know better.
> 
> The following link will take you straight there:
> 
> http://www.staffordshire-peals.co.uk/photograph.asp?town=4500
> 
> The English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register gives the following
> information:
> 
> Name: Church of St John
> Street: Town Road
> Locality: Hanley
> Parish: Stoke on Trent
> District / London Borough: N/A
> Unitary Authority: Stoke on Trent (UA)
> National Park: N/A
> County: Staffordshire
> Region: West Midlands
> Building Grade: II*
> Scheduled Ancient Monuments: N
> Conservation Area: N
> Registered Park / Garden Grade: Not registered
> World Heritage Site: No
> Condition: Very bad
> Occupancy: Vacant
> Priority Category: A
> New Entry: No
> Previous Priority Category: A
> Ownership Type: Religious organisation
> Contact: John Yates, 0121 625 6846
> Summary: Redundant church 1788-90. In poor state of repair. 
Unused for
> sometime. Requires various structural repairs. Discussions 
continuing with
> church and potential users on proposals for future of building. 
Some of the
> castellations on the top of the bell tower have been removed for 
safety
> reasons. EH has given emergency works grant for their 
repair/reinstatement.
> 
> David