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For sale · Hereford, Diocese of Hereford · Grade II

Hereford, St Nicholas

Hereford, St Nicholas, Diocese of Hereford, England
Offers invited
guide price on application · Church of England

Bruton Knowles are delighted to receive kind instructions to offer for sale the former Church of St. Nicholas and St. Nicholas House, Barton Road, Hereford. The former Church of St Nicholas and St Nicholas House comprising a site of 0.54 acres are to be sold for conversion to alternative use. The site is accessed on foot from Barton Road and Friars Street with vehicular access from Friars Street. There is a parking area with circa 10 spaces and Greyfriars public car park is directly opposite the Church for additional parking. The Church was built around 1842 with a flat roofed extension added in the 1960's. Constructed of sandstone under a roof of Welsh slate and loosely follows Early English Gothic design, with a square bell tower. The plan of the Church is a parallelogram with a tower at the West, and chancel and vestry at East, projecting beyond each end. The walls are built of hammer-dressed stone, the buttresses being tooled. In the centre of the tower is the West entrance, forming a vestibule, in which steps lead up to a ringing chamber. There is an undercroft which may be suitable for additional storage and/or running services. The extension to the north side of the Tower in

How buying it together would work

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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