St Edwards Catholic church in Newton, Wigan was built in 1964 for £44,000, replacing the previous place of worship which was a converted public house. Built in a brutalist style out of granite with staggered side elevations to a ‘saw-tooth’ plan with large stained glass windows and an adjoining presbytery. The church suffered fire damage to the narthex and gallery areas in 2002 and were rebuilt featuring a new stained glass window with St George’s flag worked into the design.
St Edwards closed in 2017 after a shake-up of Wigan’s churches and is set for demolition with internal stripping already begun.
Having a trip planned to the Wigan area I thought I’d see if the local rag would provide any potential leads and it came up with this, so we stopped by for a peek. On arrival we were immediately met with the sight of a man carrying a can of strongbow wandering out from the back of the church – which was a good sign I guess? It’s quite a large church, pretty stripped, but no idiot damage, stained glass intact and a nicely atmospheric space. Weather was absolutely awful, thick dark clouds and persistent rain… So no nice light through the stained glass unfortunately.
Thanks for looking
St Edwards closed in 2017 after a shake-up of Wigan’s churches and is set for demolition with internal stripping already begun.
Having a trip planned to the Wigan area I thought I’d see if the local rag would provide any potential leads and it came up with this, so we stopped by for a peek. On arrival we were immediately met with the sight of a man carrying a can of strongbow wandering out from the back of the church – which was a good sign I guess? It’s quite a large church, pretty stripped, but no idiot damage, stained glass intact and a nicely atmospheric space. Weather was absolutely awful, thick dark clouds and persistent rain… So no nice light through the stained glass unfortunately.
Thanks for looking
