Show on mapI posted earlier this year about the Wesleyan Chapel
Sadly in April 2013 demolition started
In early May 2013 this was revealed
It would appear to be a passage from Psalm 100
‘Enter into his gates with praise, and into his courts with rejoicing’
What is happening to the old town? No history left. Presbyterian Church High Street gone/shops. Congregational Church (corner of Lord Street)/ supermarket now gone. St Peter’s/falling down and only half useable. The pier gone/now a vertical purple monstrosity. Old Palace cinema gone/another purple monstrosity. Lily Park ruined/now thanks to a dedicated group being somewhat restored What is in “store” for the Wesleyan Chapel? Another shop/parking/purple monstrosity?
Sad to say the vast majority of Victorian buildings have no protection at all.
You don’t need planning permission to pull down your own building if it isn’t listed in any way.
This is where the parents of The Salvation Army’s Major Joy Webb were married in 1926. Her father. Captain Burnal Webb was the Salvation Army officer in Redcar – the Salvation Army corps closed years ago.