Talk:St Mark's, Hamilton Terrace

2023 fire: Is the church no longer a church?
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)


 * 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)
 * 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)

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)

Photo needed?
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. Pam D  07:03, 23 July 2023 (UTC)


 * 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)