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Winning designs chosen for Redcliffe scheme
Plans which could help put St Mary Redcliffe in the centre of a new “urban village” have been announced.
Designs for a new £12-£15 million visitors centre with cafe and exhibition space were chosen through a competition launched by the church in November last year.
The development will form part of a wider regeneration of Redcliffe Way under the Redcliffe Neighbourhood Development Plan.
is needed now More than ever
The winning plans were put forward by Purcell, an architects firm based in King Street. They show a network of new buildings, some with grass roofs, encircling the church.
Built, and then re-built, over a 300-year period from the early 13th century to the 15th century, St Mary Redcliffe Church was once described by Elizabeth I as “the fairest, goodliest and most famous parish church in England”.
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