A Vale church destroyed by a devastating blaze last month should be demolished to make way for a new community space, according to a local minister.
Rev Ian Miller believes that demolishing the former St Andrew’s Church on Main Street is the only way to avoid it becoming an eyesore, with the B-listed building’s owner faced with a £400,000 bill just to make it safe.
The kirk was decimated by a blaze on April 23, with fire crews spending several hours at the scene working to extinguish the inferno.
