Traditional churches have a big problem with dwindling, increasingly elderly congregations based in often uninviting, hard-to-maintain buildings. So what, you might say, especially if like me you're not one for religion of any kind? Well, this project is a convincing riposte from one diocese of the Church of England, working with a small and growing firm of architects committed to community engagement and enlightened reuse. To use a bad pun, it performs a real service.
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