Bedford Leigh, St Thomas
St. Thomas Church is located fronting Chapel Street in Leigh with access also available from Robinson Street and provides a large Anglican church of 1902-10 by Richard Bassnett Preston of Preston and Vaughan, in Accrington brick with Runcorn red sandstone dressings, with later fittings designed by Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson and stained glass by J Powell and Archibald Keightley Nicholson. The Church provides open plan accommodation including North Aisle, South Aisle, North East Vestry, Nave, Chancel (rising to 40ft) and Lady Chapel of around 6,560 Sq.ft. The Church also benefits from a large 4,500 Sq.ft basement with ceiling height of 11ft. The Church tower is 20ft square by 78ft to the top of the stone parapet (Historic England). St Thomas Church is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: Design quality: Degree of survival: Association: Historic interest. Expressions of interest should be made direct to the Agent. Key features Grade II listed Church with surrounding land Historic England list entry number: 1439679 Built 1902-10 - Grade II listed 20th March 2017
How buying it together would work
- Pledge a number. Your name and amount go on this page. It is a signal, not a payment — nobody is charged, and you can ask to be removed at any time.
- Reach the number. When pledges cover the asking price (plus a reserve for closing costs, title, survey and the first year of upkeep), the page closes and the group is introduced.
- Form the entity. Neighbors decide the structure — a nonprofit, a co-op, a land trust, or a single buyer with donations. A real-estate attorney drafts it; a title company or solicitor holds funds in escrow.
- Buy, then decide what it is. Worship, a community hall, a school, housing, or simply keeping the doors open and the organ playing. The deed records the promise.
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