The United Reform Church(URC) in Greenbank, Bristol held its last service this weekend. They're moving out due to dwindling congregations and the church needing a lot of maintenance work.
I walked past as the service was going on. They were singing "What a friend we have in Jesus", and they sounded in fine voice, although the congregation was bolstered by people coming from other parts of the country.
They've been around for quite a while - 356 years it says on the poster - that means it was founded in 1652, if I've calculated right.
It hasn't been at this site since that time. It was originally sited on Castle Park. They moved to Greenbank about 100 years ago.
The building was designed by Sir Frank Wills, a scion of the tobacco family, well-known in Bristol. He was also the architect for Bristol Museum.
The church is a very distinctive building. It will be a shame if it's demolished. I think the plan is to keep the exterior and build flats inside. The adjacent hall will still be kept for activities.
So it could be worse, but I'm sorry to see it go.
2 comments:
Good post - but strangely lacking in Lego references
Oh, yes. The URC church is known locally as the "Lego church", because it looks like it's made of toy Lego bricks.
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