St. John The Evangelist is a grade II listed
church on Burnley Road in Bacup. It was built
between 1878 – 1883 and was designed by the
architect James Medland Taylor. The original
features include a spectacular hammer beam
timber roof and a sloping floor, as well as two
large stained glass windows.
inserting contemporary accommodation for
a modern family home. Our approach to the
project was to keep the height and volume
of the central nave and create living spaces
either side with a lightweight steel framework
designed to have minimum impact on the
existing fabric. The proposed new layout for
the church interior is aimed at creating a
functional modern home whilst still celebrating
the scale and original features of the church
itself.
Artform Architects were approached by a
private client who wished to convert the
church into a single residence. The brief was
to maintain the features of the interior whilst
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