Salvation Army Citadel, Mexborough

History

Not much history on this location other than it was the local Salvation Army citadel and has been unoccupied for a number of years. The lower ground floor appears to have been rented out as a flat but is also currently vacant. The building was for sale:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/property-37424374.html

but has since been removed from the market and fell in to further decline.

Other local Salvation Army citadels including the Sheffield branch and the Barnsley branch, which I visited in April:

http://3soteric3ric.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/salvation-army-citadel-barnsley.html

have closed down, perhaps due to a lack of recent donations.

Back in 1908 St. John's Church of England Junior and Infant School stood on the location of the citadel:

http://www.mexboroughheritage.com/church.htm

Most recently planning permission had been applied for in 2014 to turn the location in to four three storey town houses:

http://planning.doncaster.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?previousCaseType=Property&previousKeyVal=000H7BFXLI000&activeTab=summary&previousCaseUprn=010006589273&previousCaseNumber=000EL5FXBU000&keyVal=NE3MVWFX05D00

but no development has been made.

Esoteric Eric