Old Church Hall, Shirland, Derbyshire, March 2016

HughieD · Mar 6, 2016

This is the old church hall in Shirland, Derbyshire. Bit of a bonus mini-explore as we were on the way to the main explore (Willington Power Station). The building in question is right by the main A61 which cuts through the north-eastern Derbyshire village. It was last used by a number of youth groups some years ago. Can’t find much else about this fine little stone-built hall. It’s in a bit of a sorry state although the roof appears mainly intact. Funny how someone hasn’t bought it can converted it into a family dwelling.

Here’s the pictures:

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druid · Mar 7, 2016

Such a waste of a solid little building.....made a good study for you though!

HughieD · Mar 7, 2016

druid said:
Such a waste of a solid little building.....made a good study for you though!

Yup...would take this as a big man shed

tumble112 · Mar 7, 2016

It would be nice if someone saves this.

Dirus_Strictus · Mar 7, 2016

If this is anything like our local church hall, there could be very large problems with proving actual land ownership etc. We have just sold our's after much worry and work and I wish I had never volunteered to help in the searches etc - bloody convoluted and much banging of head against the proverbial stone wall! (And this was just selling to another Church group, not making vast amounts in redeveloping.)