REVIDGE FOLD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, SHEAR BROW, BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE, BB1 8DS

Property Details: • Type: 44,518 sq ft • Tenure: N/A • Floor Area: N/A

Key Features: • Potential development opportunity subject to achieving appropriate planning consents • May suit alternative uses subject to planning permission • 0.414 hectare (1.022 acre) site • Extensive main road frontage within well established location approximately 1 mile north of Blackburn town centre • To be sold by way of informal tender

Location: • Nearest Station: Blackburn Station • Distance to Station: 1.1 miles

Agent Information: • Address: 179 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4QZ

Full Description: The subject premises comprise of two interlinked buildings of differing constructional styles, which are set upon a slightly irregular shaped and gently sloping site.We understand that the current church dates from 1926 and the associated halls from 1974/5.The church itself, which is of traditional dressed stone construction, is set beneath a pitched and slated roof covering. An entrance porch/lobby leads into the main sanctuary which also includes for an altar area and organ room, together with a choir vestry, main vestry and a variety of corridors, WC and store areas. Stone steps lead down to the basement cellar/boiler room.Aside from the traditional church premises, the site also includes for a more recent addition in the form of an extensive Church Hall and associated facilities that was constructed, as outlined above, in around 1974/1975.These substantial interlinked premises are constructed in a double height configuration with ancillary lower ground level element due, in part, to the topography of the subject site. The lower ground level accommodation is utilised, primarily, for ancillary storage purposes. The main church hall premises are of traditional brick construction being set beneath a series of flat roof coverings. The premises include for a generous entrance lobby area from which the majority of the rooms radiate. These include offices, storerooms, a kitchen, chapel and generous multi-function church hall with stage area and storage, together with various WC's and ancillary accommodation. The buildings are set upon a generous site that includes for various garden areas/lawned areas, together with a substantial tarmacadam surfaced car park.