Loxley Congregational Chapel - 01/11

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Loxley Congregational Chapel stands in a run down graveyard at the edge of the Peak District.
The Chapel was built in 1787 and closed in 1993.
The Chief Officer of the doomed Titanic was Christened here in 1887.

I've found out that a certain well known (and exceptionally wealthy) businessman/landowner owns this site and that the plans will likely be the same as other sites that he owns - nothing.

The place is in reasonable condition and given its location it's well worth a look. The same day I visited Hepworth Refractories, Thornseat Lodge and Claremont House - all on foot.

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You already have pictures of Hepworth's and Thornseat, so I'll leave it.

[Livingstone]

Minty mint mate

Bung your Hepworths up

The Hepworth's and Claremont aren't very good pictures, as I said in the intro pages, I'm utter shite at photography. I'd been there before so I didn't really go out of my way to document. Didn't bother taking anything of Thornseat Lodge -- probably should have done though.
Didn't try to get into Claremont this time. I went in there about 5-6 years ago and it was falling in then, the roof has completely fallen in now.

Anyway, if you want to see em;
































Told ya they were shite.

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Built in c1895 for the Swift family who were the owners of the mill and works at the bottom of the road, later to be owned by the Marshall family.
The head of the family, Thomas Marshall, was killed by a truck on the lane outside the house in the 1960's, the family moved out and the house became vacant.
When Hepworth's bought the mill the initially used the house as offices, before converting it to a social club for the workers.
I did find planning application records on the councill's webpage where conditional permission was given to a Mr Singh to convert the property into a mental health centre in 1993, 1999 and 2004. He then put in an application in 2004, (a renewal, like the previous ones) to have it converted into private dwellings, which was rejected.
An application was made by another owner to convert the property (Nov 2010) into 6 apartments. The application was rejected.