St John’s is a grade II listed building within the Richmond Terrace/St John’s Conservation Area in Blackburn. In April 2019 an accidental fire caused extensive damage to the building. Following the fire, the property was made safe with the Council undertaken some clearance works and erected permanent hoardings.
It is proposed the former St John’s Church will be repurposed and refurbished to create high quality flexible workspace to meet new agile working demands, which have been accelerated by the pandemic, and will form an early phase of the new Blackburn town centre masterplan.