A rebuilt centre for church and community
Phase 1 The Sanctuary
In 2020 we embarked on an ambitious refurbishment of our church buildings.
Phase 1 has created a multi-purpose, accessible, warm and welcoming church building suitable for the 2020s. We removed the pews, leveled the floor and created a new, accessible front entrance. The work also included see new lighting, heating, internet access, recording and streaming facilities and audio-visual equipment.
The new seating and staging will allow the space to be cleared completely for exhibitions, set up ‘in-the-round’ for plays or set up much as it used to be for ceremonial occasions. Of course, a range of worship styles will be accommodated too, including our existing traditional and cafe church services.
The finished building has been renamed “The Sanctuary”. The new name reflects the buildings role as a place of worship and a place of refuge, renewal and refreshment for the whole community.
Phase 2 The Hollinshead Centre
Plans are well advanced for Phase 2 ‘The Hollinshead Centre’, which together with ‘The Sanctuary’, will create an exciting, state of the art, community facility for Chorley.
Phase 2 will see our halls and meeting rooms completely refurbished and reconfigured with new lighting, heating, AV, internet, room partitions and entrances.
Our halls and meeting rooms will be linked by new corridor ‘cloister style’ buildings allowing independent access to all our premises and providing breakout areas and toilets.
The Levelling Up Fund
Chorley’s bid for the government’s levelling up fund, of which our plans were a part, were unsuccessful in January 2023. We are reviewing funding options to bring the Hollinshead Centre to fruition in due course.