St Giles Church, Cropwell Bishop, is a Grade I listed church in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
We were asked to look at a small re-ordering within the church as extra space was needed to provide additional amenities.
The brief was to develop a scheme within the tower to provide a new ringing floor, with toilets and kitchen facilities underneath to enhance the current church layout, making it more accessible for user groups and general church use.
We used the existing spiral stair to provide access onto the new ringing floor and a glazed balustrade was added to allow more light into the church. The new oak screen, with hidden server, takes its inspiration from existing features of the church and enhances the ‘simplicity’ of the building. The hand-crafted kitchen with muted coloured paneling and cupboards, blends the old and the new together. The flooring was replaced with natural stone. Recessed spotlights were used because of the ceiling height and very discreet maintained emergency light fittings have also been installed.
The door within the screen provides access into the kitchen and provides DDA compliant wheelchair access through to the accessible WC.
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