Massive Church!!

[3 Gen Rev]

Just found an article on the BBC news site about grants for fixing churches...

Five churches in Shropshire have been awarded nearly £500,000 in grants by the Heritage Lottery Fund towards building restoration work.
The churches to benefit are St John's in Kinlet, St Mary in Acton Burnell, St Peter in Stanton Lacy, Holy Trinity in Lydham and All Saints in Broseley.
All Saints is due to get £127,000, the largest share of the funding.
Its reverend Michael Kinna said the money would go towards repairing the church roof and nave windows.
'Falling masonry'
It was built in 1845, seats up to 500 people and has a 600ft (183m) high ceiling.

Now that's a ceiling I'd hate to paint! :-)

[revtim]

You've unfortunately redlined over the relevant detail. I had to check the original story to see there wasn't anything rude underneath!

[clockman]

I wonder if they have got it wrong - 600ft? That would be over 50 stories high...
Having looked at the picture of the church they definitely HAVE got it wrong - even assuming the arch  for the main door is 12 ft high, the ridge of the roof is only about 54 ft high... 600 ft long it might be, but it certainly isn't that high!

[3 Gen Rev]

I'm pretty sure there's not a church in the land with a 600 foot spire let alone a ceiling!
I just find the ignorance of Church by reporters amusing... referring to the vicar as "the reverend" !

[clockman]

The crass stupidity of the reporting - I think they just added a '0' - but nobody thought 'that is a bit high...' - I mean that is a topographic height, not a building!
Andrew

[Vic VDB]

I don't find very much accuracy in reporting most of the times and as for fact, rarely facts and even if they started out that way, soon get lost and confused.

Just a more obvious example than usual!

[paul]

My Church is 600 feet high - as in 600 feet above sea level 

[PamelaP]

OK, Paul !

Does the book you've been recommending on your blog - i.e. "Deep Church" mean that such a church is below sea level ?

[paul]

Hmmm. Deep Sea Church. That could be a new form of Fresh Expression 

[clockman]

or possibly Fish Expression!