Talk:St Mark's, Hamilton Terrace

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2023 fire: Is the church no longer a church?[edit]

This article in the Church Times uses the word "destroys", but points out some parts have survived and suggests the church could be brought back into use.--A bit iffy (talk) 19:56, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Until it is known for certain whether the remains of the church will be completely pulled down or if it will be reconstructed, perhaps "is a badly damaged church building" would be a more fitting description for the time being? Trying to think of any precedents, when Notre-Dame de Paris caught fire in 2019 and was badly damaged, it didn't stop being the Notre-Dame de Paris, despite being unusable. Mmberney (talk) 08:56, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A tweet from the church's account stating "we will rebuild": https://twitter.com/StMark_HT/status/1619089681123262467 Mmberney (talk) 09:01, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The fire brigade were alerted at c.11.20 pm on the 26 January. this page was updated within 10 hours of the fire starting -by 8.30am on the 27th January. The church was still smouldering when I visited it. Very premature assumptions - why relegate it to history during the actual event? Suggest rewording the article as investigations need to be conducted as to the cause, to establish building stability etc.

Given that the church explicitly say they plan to rebuild, plus the example of (say) Notre Dame, I support switching to the present tense. I've made a set of changes trying to make the article timeline more consistent, switching to the past tense where appropriate. Blythwood (talk) 23:52, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Photo needed?[edit]

A photo showing the church since the fire would be a useful addition. The church was the subject of a section of BBC Radio 4' Sunday programme today, so there may be an upsurge in page views. PamD 07:03, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the information! I didn't catch that. Might take one when I'm next in the area. It did indeed get some pageviews-111 extra compared to the previous Sunday, deducting 3 which were me. I want to thank everyone who's made the article really high-quality, by the way-my first published version was just two sentences! Blythwood (talk) 17:32, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]