APRIL 2009
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST ALBANS
Earlier this year, Luke Hughes & Company was appointed to consider new liturgical furniture for the nave of St Alban's Cathedral and, in April, the resulting designs were approved by the Dean & Chapter and English Heritage. The designs include altar, altar rails, clergy seating, choir stalls and a radical storage arrangement under the organ loft that will deal with the storage problems associated with the inevitable clutter of a busy cathedral. The scheme has evolved in collaboration with the cathedral surveyor, RIchard Griffiths and the artist, John Maddison, who has designed a painted panelled ceiling for the storage area. 'There are many challenges in working in one of England's finest Romanesque ecclesiastical interiors, not least enabling the space to work for worshippers and and cathedral staff. It may be challenging, but it is certainly stimulating - as ever, we are committed to getting the details absolutely right'.
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Images:
1 floor plan
2 rood screen and columns
3 John Maddison's painted ceiling proposals
© Luke Hughes & Company July 2009
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