Queens Hall meeting
The Queen’s Hall Methodist Mission one of Wigan's most loved and iconic buildings is in need of needed repair and restoration.
The dome is impregnated with buddleia bushes and roots making it unsafe and allowing water to seep into the upper floors.
The inaccessible gutterings are blocked and an event is planned for Thursday 18th January at 3:30.
Many organisations have been invited including the Leader of the Council.
Hope that WW folk can come along to this none religious event and help to put pressure on to preserve this valued asset.
Started: 12th Jan 2024 at 11:08
Don't invite the council they will want to close it down and after being derelict for a few years will demolish it
Replied: 12th Jan 2024 at 11:54
Correct PeterP ...don't let the Clowncil anywhere near it....their Big Top decisions have proven to be a total disgrace...The owners should be made to make the building safe ..is it not listed ?
Replied: 12th Jan 2024 at 12:34
Isn't the Queens hall owned by the Brick charity?
Replied: 12th Jan 2024 at 19:46
No, it's a Methodist Church.
Replied: 12th Jan 2024 at 21:44
I took this in February 2022, just under two years ago, from The Galleries rooftop car park.
Replied: 12th Jan 2024 at 22:25
You can just see the Buddleia starting to sprout.
Replied: 12th Jan 2024 at 22:48
If you save the any of the pictures to your computer, you can blow the pictures up and examine the roof in detail, because I uploaded high resolution photographs
Replied: 13th Jan 2024 at 13:57
It would be sad if this historically important building falls into disrepair. Is it a listed building? If not then I suggest some of us could get together to apply fir listed status, thus giving it protection. I remember playing in the school band there in the 60s. The building is one of a handful of historic town centre structures still standing.
Replied: 14th Jan 2024 at 12:06
It's grade 2 listed.
Replied: 14th Jan 2024 at 14:06
Thanks Angelwood.
I think a few of us should look into contacting historic England to make aware our concerns. Is there a friends group? If so then there is potential to apply for lottery funding. If not then a friends group should be established.
Replied: 14th Jan 2024 at 14:21
'Listing' may be part of the problem: it imposes onerous requirements concerning any maintenance or restoration work, causing their costs to escalate dramatically.
Replied: 14th Jan 2024 at 14:43
Total disgrace…they should have a trip to Edinburgh to see how historical buildings are preserved…sometimes I wonder if the people of Wigan are bothered…as long as there’s somewhere to smoke
Replied: 14th Jan 2024 at 14:55
Anyone know how the meeting went?
Replied: 18th Jan 2024 at 18:39