Heritage

Allen Associates has designed and completed the extension and reordering project for Holy Trinity Church, Hazlemere. The Neo-Romanesque church building and worship space was reordered to support modern and traditional music styles, and accessible audio visual tech. We created a modern welcoming entrance area, coffee shop, lounge and offices in the extension. Planning Consent There was strong ...

City Church Chelmsford is a church plant from Danbury Mission Church. Based on our previous work for Danbury, we were asked to prepare a feasibility study for a  new church in an existing locally listed warehouse and restaurant. Following this we completed the design to submit the planning application. A new church community, a new church ...

Christ Church Abingdon, Listed Barn Refurbishment Allen Associates designed the restoration and opening up of two adjacent derelict rubble wall listed barns with ancient timber framed roofs. We reconfigured the smaller barn to have two mezzanine floors, it is now the home of the community coffee shop which is run on a commercial basis. The larger barn has ...

The phased modernisation and conversion of a Chapel and adjacent Hall located in a conservation area. Phase 1 comprised complete refurbishment and alteration to the ancillary accommodation providing new meeting rooms, offices, kitchen and toilets with rationalised circulation. Phase 2 comprised the provision of a new glazed entrance area located between the Chapel and the Hall providing ...

Enhancing Historical Church Buildings To extend a timber framed listed building within the setting of a listed church located in the green belt. To persuade English Heritage and the Planning Authority against their general presumption that the building should only be extended in a linear form, which would not meet the clients requirements of forming a more ...