A thriving community church in urgent need of refurbishment and expansion
St Peter’s Church, Harold Wood has a thriving church community and although suitable for previous eras the buildings that comprise St Peter’s Centre were in urgent need of refurbishment and expansion.
Inkpen Downie worked with the church community to help make their building meet the varied needs of its growing congregation and welcome new generations to the church.
The proposal was to take down, replace, and expand the weakest parts of the existing building fabric and refurbish much of the remainder.
The church itself remained largely untouched but access to it and the other parts of the complex have been hugely improved.
At the same time the complex as a whole has been thoroughly upgraded ready to support the churches vision for its mission in the community.
The revised design provides the church with: