1. The History
Not too much on this modest place history-wise. Located between Cupola and Copper Street in the Netherthorpe region of Sheffield, it was originally built as a school, St Jude's Moorfields Church School, Work started on its construction in 1844. The foundation stone of the church was laid on 29th October, 1849 by the donor of the site John Gaunt esq. of Darnall, in commemoration of his sister Judith who was born on St. Jude's Day in 1787 and died September 27th 1846 aged 58 years. This church was erected voluntarily by contributions aided by grants from her majesty's church building commissioners, the Incorporated and Co-operative Societies.
After standing more than a year, on Sunday, November 7th, 1852, when roofed and nearly finished, the tower of the church fell down, owing to some defect in the foundations, almost totally destroying the church. Work had to then be done from the foundations up-wards, after the necessary funds had been raised. The current church cost about £2,400 to build in an Early English style, on a different plan from the original church that fell down. It was consecrated on June 5th, 1855 and completed circa 1858. The purpose of the school was to serve one of the ‘slum parish’ in Sheffield. External examination of the modest building shows that has been extensively altered over the years, but some of the original architecture remains in tact. Later it renamed St. Judes Anglican Church. More recently in 1980 it became Assembly of God Pentecostal Church, only to close in 1999. Since then it has remained empty and abandoned although plans have been afoot for some time to turn it into apartments.
St.Judes in March 1990:
St.Judes by HughieDW, on Flickr
2. The Explore
Been meaning to see this place for a while. A pretty relaxed and easy-access explore this with two non-members. There’s nothing too special about this place although there are some nice pieces of graff and the main room up-stairs has an impressive roofing structure.
3. The Pictures
A few externals:
Neepsend08 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Neepsend10 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9211 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9213 by HughieDW, on Flickr
The rear entrance in Cupola Street looks pretty original:
img9210 by HughieDW, on Flickr
And that door is pretty impressive:
img9209 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img5873 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Evidence of someone living here:
img9185 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Some good graff (left)and some dreadful graff (right):
img9184 by HughieDW, on Flickr
And a bit more:
img9183 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Up-stairs we go:
img5875 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9208 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Pigeon tribute graff!
img9206 by HughieDW, on Flickr
The bathroom facilities leave a little to be desired:
img9207 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9205 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Into the main upstairs hall:
img197 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Nice fireplace no.1:
img9204 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Throne in the kingdom of pigeon poo:
img9203 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Lighting system in need of repair:
img9201 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Nice fireplace no.2:
img9195 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Glaziers required:
img9188 by HughieDW, on Flickr
That roof:
img9194 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9191 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Sea of pigeon poo:
img9193 by HughieDW, on Flickr
A bit more graff:
img9189 by HughieDW, on Flickr
..and some more:
img9187 by HughieDW, on Flickr
And back down again:
img9200 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Not too much on this modest place history-wise. Located between Cupola and Copper Street in the Netherthorpe region of Sheffield, it was originally built as a school, St Jude's Moorfields Church School, Work started on its construction in 1844. The foundation stone of the church was laid on 29th October, 1849 by the donor of the site John Gaunt esq. of Darnall, in commemoration of his sister Judith who was born on St. Jude's Day in 1787 and died September 27th 1846 aged 58 years. This church was erected voluntarily by contributions aided by grants from her majesty's church building commissioners, the Incorporated and Co-operative Societies.
After standing more than a year, on Sunday, November 7th, 1852, when roofed and nearly finished, the tower of the church fell down, owing to some defect in the foundations, almost totally destroying the church. Work had to then be done from the foundations up-wards, after the necessary funds had been raised. The current church cost about £2,400 to build in an Early English style, on a different plan from the original church that fell down. It was consecrated on June 5th, 1855 and completed circa 1858. The purpose of the school was to serve one of the ‘slum parish’ in Sheffield. External examination of the modest building shows that has been extensively altered over the years, but some of the original architecture remains in tact. Later it renamed St. Judes Anglican Church. More recently in 1980 it became Assembly of God Pentecostal Church, only to close in 1999. Since then it has remained empty and abandoned although plans have been afoot for some time to turn it into apartments.
St.Judes in March 1990:
2. The Explore
Been meaning to see this place for a while. A pretty relaxed and easy-access explore this with two non-members. There’s nothing too special about this place although there are some nice pieces of graff and the main room up-stairs has an impressive roofing structure.
3. The Pictures
A few externals:
The rear entrance in Cupola Street looks pretty original:
And that door is pretty impressive:
Evidence of someone living here:
Some good graff (left)and some dreadful graff (right):
And a bit more:
Up-stairs we go:
Pigeon tribute graff!
The bathroom facilities leave a little to be desired:
Into the main upstairs hall:
Nice fireplace no.1:
Throne in the kingdom of pigeon poo:
Lighting system in need of repair:
Nice fireplace no.2:
Glaziers required:
That roof:
Sea of pigeon poo:
A bit more graff:
..and some more:
And back down again:
