church

[kev]

what use can be made of a church on your railw i thought maybe a art gallery because i already show 2 on the back scene so the kit one is now spare but i would to use it ?

[Kris]

Show it converted into a house?

[kev]

Show it converted into a house?

 

 

had not thought of that got some Hornby skips

kev

[Burkitt]

Several old churches in London have been taken over by Evangelical and Pentecostal groups, who adorn them with rather garish signs proclaiming the salvation offered within. For example, this one in Lee http://maps.google.c...57.86,,0,-12.32 . That's not something I've seen modelled before, so it would make a bit of a change from the traditional Anglican and Catholic ones.

Otherwise there are plenty which are now carpet retailers, bookshops, community centres etc, and a few where the tower still stands but the nave has been demolished and a modern block of flats put in its place.

 

Paul

[wcml61]

Maybe a slightly downmarket 'Antiques Centre' (often a bit shabby)? Or perhaps just model it as a derelict church building? A swanky restaurant? A nightclub? The last one could either be smart or tawdry, depending on the 'local area'.

 

It really depends on the context of your layout as to what sort of use and condition the building will be in. You're unlikely to find a smart residential or restaurant conversion in a rough part of town for example, but a shabby nightclub or dereliction is much more plausible. And vice versa or course.

[Coombe Barton]

If a church is disued reuse into other than a religious building can be problematic. If a chapel is disused then reuse into something else is more of an option. The distinguishing factor is the graveyard. Most churches have them, most chapels don't.

[NWJ]

If a church is disued reuse into other than a religious building can be problematic. If a chapel is disused then reuse into something else is more of an option. The distinguishing factor is the graveyard. Most churches have them, most chapels don't.

 

I recall from my time spen in Norwich, however, that several of the churches there had been converted for other uses - one was a puppet theatre, another was a day drop in centre, a third was used as a martial arts centre!.I also believe that a church in York has now been converted into a pub/bar.

 

Neil.

[Coombe Barton]

I recall from my time spen in Norwich, however, that several of the churches there had been converted for other uses - one was a puppet theatre, another was a day drop in centre, a third was used as a martial arts centre!.I also believe that a church in York has now been converted into a pub/bar.

 

Neil.

 

Also depends how many bodies are buried IN the church, and many urban churches don't have local graveyards, being built after the land was used up. Many were Chapels of Ease, being associated with a mother church elsewhere in the locality. These Chapels, now mostly independent parish churches, were not often licensed for baptisms, marriages and burials , these being the province of the mother church. Hence churchyards were not needed.

[Ragtag]

There's certainly one in Leeds which has been converted into a nightclub called 'Halo'

[kev]

Thaknks to all your suggestions they have given me a lot to think about

 

kev