A Scottish chapel featuring Romanesque elements and Celtic patterns, and a church extension created as a response to the London riots of 2011 are among projects short-listed in this year’s Church Architecture Awards in the UK.
St Comghan’s Chapel on the Ardnamurchan Estate in Scotland is among projects shortlisted in the awards. PICTURE: Supplied.
The awards, which are presented annually by the National Churches Trust and the Ecclesiastical Architects and Surveyors Association, include the Presidents’ Award for new church buildings and re-orderings, extensions or alterations to existing church buildings.
The six short-listed projects for that award this year include St Comghan’s Chapel on the Ardnamurchan Estate in Scotland which features a 21st century design combining stylised elements of Romanesque architecture with Celtic patterns and knotwork, and an extension made to Ealing Green Church in west London which was designed in the aftermath of the London riots of 2011 to be an “uplifting and inspiring place of worship” but also to extend the mission of the church into the wider community.
Other shortlisted projects include an extension to the Grade II-listed Church of St Michael & All Angels in Summertown, Oxford; a renovation project featuring the addition of a new servery at St Mary’s Church in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire; a renovation at St Edmund King & Martyr Church in Southwold, Suffolk; and a project to add a new access ramp at St Mark Church in Clerkenwell, London.
Meanwhile, projects short-listed for the King of Prussia Gold Medal for Architecture – given for a project aimed at repairing and conserving an existing church – include a project in involving repairs to the spire of the Church of St Jude in Kensington, London, and another project at the St Mary Magdalene Church in Paddington, London, which has brought back to life the architectural and decorative quality of what is described as a “Gothic Revival masterpiece”.
The winning entries will be announced on 1st November in London.
