Inspirational buildings

Are you desperate to see your Church building become a practical space with modern comforts such as toilets and kitchen facilities? Not sure where to start? Help is at hand.

The DAC and the Parish Funding Office have got together to show you inspirational projects that have been taken on across the Diocese of St Asaph. They may be as simple as installing a kitchen at the back of a Church building or as complicated as removing the pews and building first and second floor meeting rooms.

We hope that by viewing the projects below, you will see a broad range of work that will inspire you to consider what can be achieved in your Church.

If you want to see your building follow suit, find out how you can apply for grant funding. Don't forget that the complete Faculty application process is now online.

Christ Church, Bala

The Church in Bala had a damp problem.

It was so bad that the building became more and more unusable and because the other community spaces nearby were so oversubscribed, the Church decided to re-order.

Find out what they managed to achieve.

St David's Church, Pensarn

What do you do with an old tin Church that was built in 1880 and was totally unsuitable for modern use?

Parishioners in Pensarn decided to knock it down and start again and the £1m Canolfan Dewi Sant was opened in March 2011.

Find out how they raised the money and what was achieved.

St Mary's Church, Cilcain

Back in the 1960s parishioners at St Mary's knew there was a storage problem at the Church.

The north aisle was used to house items for the Cilcain Village Show and PCC notes from 1966 showed they wanted to do something with the space back then!

Find out how they installed a hidden kitchen and toilet to bring things up to date.

St Giles' Church, Wrexham

The Church has been providing educational visits for school groups for quite some time - now they have a dedicated space for the purpose.

The St Giles Centre for RE and Faith Development opened in January 2012 and is on two floors within the main Church itself.

Find out how this all blends flawlessly into the fabric of the Church building.

St Aelhaiarn's Church, Guilsfield

There's no need to panic if your Church is Grade 1 listed - you still make changes internally.

St Aelhaiarn's Church wanted to install a kitchen but couldn't change the fabric of the building.

Find out how they got around it.