St Mary Redcliffe Project 450 RIBA 2 Stage End Report

Consistent with the previously shared ideas, the current
single-storey buildings, extending from the South Church
to create a ‘stitch’ between the communities of North a
The buildings may be summarised as follows:
Northside Visitor Reception
• Encapsulating and retaining the existing 1940s Underc
• Providing enhance visitor and congregation facilities, incl
Space, fully-accessible WCs, and a new Cafe
• Linking to the North Aisle, via a new lift and stair to
to Nave level
• Providing a new, dedicated Choir Vestry with enha
carefully-attuned acoustic, to enable the existing C14
to its apparent historic function of Church Treasury,
Exhibition Space
• Placing alongside the Choir Vestry a series of ecclesia
including a Clergy Vestry, Vestry, and Robing Spaces
• Exploiting the 5m level change between Redcliffe Wa
locate entirely at Undercroft level, below the tracery
new base that, expressed in red sandstone, conscious
cliff’ to reconnect the church to its history and contex
South Churchyard Education Space
• Utilising the existing Priest’s Door to locate a new
Learning Space between the South Transept and Chan
child protection issues and ensure an experiential conn
• Acknowledging the C18 precedent for a walled g
Churchyard, presents as a ‘hidden’ space, behind a plan
South Churchyard Events Space
• Locates with the trees at the Churchyard’s eastern bou
the ground to minimise root disturbance
NORTH ELEVATION
• Is deliberately flexible and self-contained to facilitate
wedding receptions, etc