Fire destroys St Mark’s Church

One of our historic local churches was ablaze a few nights ago. We drove past today and saw the devastation. Completely heartbreaking.

[Diana]

How tragic and heartbreaking that is 😥

[Kathy]

A good capture of the church and the damage. Hopefully it will be able to be restored.

[Susan Wakely]

Oh such a shame. It looks such a lovely church.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Oh no. That is awful. So sad.

[Daisy Miller]

That is so sad. The POV of your photo does a good job of emphasizing the devastation.

[Renee Salamon]

@wakelys dates back 175 years

[Renee Salamon]

Thank you - the whole of the inside has gone😔

[Renee Salamon]

@randystreat thanks - I’m not sure how, the whole of the inside has gone

[Renee Salamon]

@ludwigsdiana it is😥

[bkb in the city]

How tragic

[Bill Davidson]

Wow….. sad to see.

[Beryl Lloyd]

How so devastation , and a great pov to capture the tragic sight! fav

[KoalaGardens🐨]

horrible

[Christina]

That is incredibly sad.

[JudyG]

So sad. We saw it on the news with the impact it had on the local community

[Mags]

Very sad. Wonder what caused the fire.

[Monica]

So sad

[Renee Salamon]

@marlboromaam they say they don’t know - fire started late at night

[Carole Sandford]

Oh no, that’s a great shame!

[Kerry McCarthy]

I was so sad when I saw this on the news. Such a shame.

[haskar]

Sad view. Glad the stone walls survived.

[Graeme Stevens]

great POV and processing

[Phil Howcroft]

that is so sad , all that history destroyed

[Danette Thompson]

Oh no

[Christine Sztukowski]

I m so sorry

[Karen Miller]

So sad.

[Kathy A]

That is really sad

[Steve Chappell]

Beautiful capture

[Boxplayer]

Oh no, was that the one in St John's Wood? Just heartbreaking.

[Renee Salamon]

@boxplayer yes, I don’t think they’ll be able to repair - the whole interior has gone, it’s just a shell

[Boxplayer]

@rensala 😢

[Fisher Family]

A very moving shot of the terrible destruction of this church.

Ian