Abercarn

[sliggoascy]

I visited this with the agent about 18 months ago. However the owner paid about £1m too much for it (it is worth minus £250k at best) so I am waiting for them to go bust.

I have tried hard to find out why it was built but no one seems to know. There was a theory that it was built in order to be a Cathedral for Newport but that doesn't stack up.  It was only used for 50 years or so before a smaller church was built nearby.

Originally it had a very fine interior but this has all been stripped out and it is an empty shell with major structural problems to the chancel roof.

Simon L 

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, Andrew Bull <a_m_bull at ...> wrote:
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> The church itself was built in 1923, and is slightly away from the town on a hill side. A vicar I knew who once preached there said there was a problem with water from the hill side penetrating the walls, water sometimes cascading over the altar. The building is actually listed, so cannot be demolished. The RB of the church in Wales were at one time hoping to sell it to a company who made greetings cards, but this obviously fell through. The level of vandalism that had been carried out against this huge building is amazing.
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> --- On Tue, 10/11/09, David Bryant <davidbryant at ...> wrote:
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> From: David Bryant <davidbryant at ...>
> Subject: [Bell Historians] Abercarn
> To: "Bell Historians" <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tuesday, 10 November, 2009, 14:02
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> I assume this is the church which used to contain a chime of 8?
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> http://www.28daysla ter.co.uk/ forums/showthrea d.php?t=35494&highlight=abercarn
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