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ALL SAINTS CHURCH, CREEKSEA, ESSEX.
New Community Hall added to existing Grade II listed church in rural surroundings, designed to complement, rather than detract from the original, and within a tight budget.
Re-roofing of church afterwards.
ALL Saints, Feering, Essex:
Re-ordering of church organ to create new organ gallery and refurbishment beneath to create a new tea making area.
To the side a new M.I.P.Toilet extension in Lime render to complement the Grade II listed church.
Over the years Shenstones has been involved in hundreds of projects throughout the rail industry, most notably for Transport for London under its various previous guises from London Transport onwards. Either employed directly or via "Extended Arm" contractors.
Work undertaken has varied significantly. Larger commissions have included new office buildings, major extensions to and/or conversions of existing buildings; station repairs, redecorations and modernisations; shopfront repairs, office refurbishments, new station facilities, conservation repairs and changes to platform facilities.
Lesser known is work often behind the customer facades, and has included condition and compliance surveys, assisting with the building related issues on major mechanical, electrical or signalling projects, station signage, major feasibility reports, Computer Aided Design (CAD) support and measured surveys.
In many instances Ecclesiastical Work often incorporates the re-ordering of the interiors of buildings, adding to and reconfiguring interiors, which often go unnoticed to everyone but the church and their parishioners.
Always treating each building with respect to its aesthetic and history some examples shown here are Baptistry alterations at St. John's, Little Yeldham; new screens at All Saints, Marsworth; a new gallery at St. Peter & St. Paul, Olney; and fire damage repairs at St. Mary, Sheering.
The Old School House Project, Old Wolverton:
Adding a new community hall to the existing church, and sundry alterations in connection; Repairing, converting and refurbishing the old church school into residential use.
The Gatehouse to the Priory Church of St. Bartholomew The Great in West Smithfield is believed to be the oldest continuous dwelling in The City of London.
Dating from 1240 the Tudor residency is above the gate which leads to the south side of the church. Over the gate and supporting the gatehouse are several arches of differing ages including parts of the original medieval.
Between 1930 and 1932 in conjunction with work to the church the access to it was altered and a new stone entrance within the churchyard was added.
Major redecorations externally had lapsed for about forty years or more until recently when work to repair, redecorate and clean the exteriors was undertaken on behalf of The Gatehouse Trust concluding in 2025.
The timber carving of St. Bartholomew was repaired, and shields and other decorations reinstated. Timbers dating from the 13th century were restored and masonry cleaned.
Featured is a selection of 'before' and 'after' photographs