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 | | NEW COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR GRADE II-LISTED CHURCH OF ST. PETER, CAMBRIDGESHIRE | | | Freeland Rees Roberts Architects | | 21/05/2008 | | | Cambridge-based Freeland Rees Roberts Architects have announced the completion of a range of improvements to the Church of St. Peter in Barton, five miles west of Cambridge. Designed by Freeland Rees Roberts Architects, the new community facilities include an extension to the church which provides accessible lavatory and flower arranging amenities, including sink, worktop and cupboards and a secure storeroom. As part of the project work, minor elements of conservation and repairs were undertaken by the architects. Other improvements to the church facilities included a timber step and handrail leading up from the Nave into the Chancel, relocation of the font and the provision of tea preparation facilities.
Church Architect and Director of Freeland Rees Roberts Architects, Henry Freeland, commented: “The Church of St. Peter is a grade II-listed building. It is largely 14th Century with 15th Century alterations and additions, though there is evidence within the present church of Norman origin. In plan, it has nave, chancel, 3-stage west tower and a south porch. The church project involved a very inclusive approach, allowing the Parochial Church Council to make better use of the building as well as opening it up to a wider congregation and community involvement.”
The Reverend Cheryl Collins commented: “We are delighted with the new and improved facilities. It is an important part of our mission to be able to welcome people from near and far into our beautiful church, both for our regular services and for occasions such as weddings and funerals. The new facilities also allow us the space and things we need to use the church more easily for other events too such as concerts and coffee mornings.
The Reverend Cheryl Collins continued: “The project would not have been possible without the generosity of a number of people which kept the fundraising that we had to do to manageable proportions. We received funding from Mr David Rapley, the estate of the late Dr Sidney Kenderdine, the Diocese of Ely, and the Cambridgeshire Historic Churches trust among others. Many people in the church congregation worked hard behind the scenes during the course of the project and the architects did a splendid job. We thank God for the opportunities these facilities give us.”
Freeland Rees Roberts Architects are architects to Norwich and Guildford Cathedrals and over 100 churches across East Anglia and the South East. The practice has four AABC registered conservation architects and works on all aspects of repair as well as reordering and extensions.
Other historic building projects Freeland Rees Roberts Architects have been involved with include the refurbishment of National Trust Picture Galleries at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire; the major refurbishment of the grade II listed Georgian ‘Scroope Terrace’ building for Cambridge University’s Department of Architecture; the conservation and relocation of Temple Bar to Paternoster Square, City of London; the conversion of a former derelict gallery into new library facilities at Peterhouse, Cambridge (which was awarded a David Urwin Award this month) and numerous conservation and repair projects at Ickworth house, Suffolk.
Henry Freeland is Temple Bar’s Historic Buildings Architect, Architect to the fabric of King’s College Chapel and Architect and Surveyor to the Fabric of Norwich Cathedral and Guildford Cathedral. Mr Freeland is currently working for University College Oxford (a new-build buttery kitchen) and Cambridge colleges. He is also architect of the new Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge Visitor’s centre and an ecological kiosk in Epping Forest, St Lawrence Jewry Memorial Fountain and carries out large barn conversions to offices. | |
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