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Retlaw · 05-08-2012, 18:31

New Jerusalem was a very large church, or so it seemed to me, and it was lovely inside. I'm sorry it's demolished, but I suppose the congregation had dwindled and couldn't support a church of that size. I didn't know about the dry rot.
I watched them when they were taking the roof off, and exposed all the beams & rafters inside, they piled a lot of the stuff in Briggs Yard, next to the old air raid shelter, the main beams were made from yellow pine, that was the timber used in the pattern making industry, lovely wood to work with, but it was just sold on as scrap, all the fancy pinacles got smashed, yes it was a big church one of the biggest in Accrington.

05-08-2012, 18:31	#21
Retlaw I am Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington. Posts: 4,627 Liked: 601 times Rep Power: 0	Re: New Jerusalem Church Abbey St. New Jerusalem was a very large church, or so it seemed to me, and it was lovely inside. I'm sorry it's demolished, but I suppose the congregation had dwindled and couldn't support a church of that size. I didn't know about the dry rot. I watched them when they were taking the roof off, and exposed all the beams & rafters inside, they piled a lot of the stuff in Briggs Yard, next to the old air raid shelter, the main beams were made from yellow pine, that was the timber used in the pattern making industry, lovely wood to work with, but it was just sold on as scrap, all the fancy pinacles got smashed, yes it was a big church one of the biggest in Accrington.