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alasdair
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 Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:34 am Post subject: A sad description of the church where WH was converted |
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I understand that the following quote still holds true. The Church was due to be converted into a private residence, does anyone know anything about this? Is there an opportunity to rescue it and put it once again to it's intended use? A romantic dream perhaps, but can such dreams never come to pass? | Quote: | | A little to the south of the Truro to Chacewater road, in the old parish of St. Kea, lies an Anglican church in an isolated spot. Hardly a house stands anywhere nearby. The building is reached by a narrow road and one almost stumbles upon it. The rooks crow in the surrounding trees. No bells are ever heard. The doors are locked and the windows vandalized, while all the ornaments and valuables have been removed. There are no times of service in the south porch for no services are ever held here. The atmosphere is one of desolation and decay. The people have departed; the organ no longer peals forth its music. Visitors come only to seek the grave of the miner evangelist preacher Billy Bray, who lies buried on the south side of the Victorian Gothic building. The place is St. Michael and All Angels Church, Baldhu. |
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Baldhu/ |
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DFH
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Location: Bramhall, Cheshire
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject: Pictures of Cornish Churches |
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http://asnapintime.co.uk/Churches/Baldhu.html has two pictures of St. Michael's together with this text: | Quote: | The church of St Michael, built in 1848 by the late Earl of Falmouth, at a cost (including the school adjoining) of over £3,000, is a building of stone in the decorated style, and consists of chancel, nave, south aisle and a tower with spire on the north side, containing 6 bells, the gift of Anne, late Countess of Falmouth; the east window is stained; the church contains a copy of King Charles the First's letter to the people of Cornwall thanking them for the loyal services to the Crown, written from the camp at Sudeley Castle, September 10th 1643.
The register dates from the year 1848. |
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DFH
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject: The architect of St Michael's Church was William White |
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According to Wikipedia, the architect of St Michael's Church was William White, famous for his part in the 19th Century Gothic revival.
His Works, including restorations in Cornwall includes "the Church of St. Michael, designed by White, built at Baldhu, Cornwall. (1848)."
See http://tinyurl.com/r33xo.
Note:A bug in the way phpBB parses URLs meant I had to use a redirect for the Wikipedia article. phpBB sees parentheses () as delimiters for URLs, even though they are valid characters. |
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DFH
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:01 pm Post subject: Two religious bodies with names including Baldhu |
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The following bodies contributed to the Shelterbox charity:
Baldhu Chapel League Prayer Group
Baldhu Christian Chapel See http://www.shelterbox.org/contr_religious.html.
Might be worth further research for Baldhu local contacts. |
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DFH
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DFH
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject: Sale details for Baldhu |
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I just searched for "Cornish Cultural Centre" Baldhu, and found in Truro Diocese: http://tinyurl.com/r9849 which includes:CHURCH DECLARED REDUNDANT REDUNDANCY SCHEME PROVISIONS
Baldhu St Michael 26/11/1987 23/ 7/1996 Sale: Cornish Cultural Centre
Amending redundancy Scheme 17/12/2002 Sale: studio/residential
For further details we'd need to contact the Redundant Churches Division
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/churchcommissioners/redchurches/ |
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DFH
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject: Baldhu is now wthin the Parish of All Saints, Highertown |
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All Saints Church, Highertown | Quote: | | We are in the diocese of Truro and the parish was divided from the neighbouring Kenwyn parish in 1984 with the addition of the parish of Baldhu and has a current population of almost 6,000. |
http://www.btinternet.com/~smyth/page2.htm |
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