The Place

The oldest buildings on the site are the remains of an 18th-century folly, a row of arches with a tower at each end. From there, the building you see on the left is one side of a cloister, built in 1989 and consisting of four cells. Each cell is a like small two-storeyed house, with living-space, kitchenette, bedroom, study and bathroom. Opposite it stands the church, which was consecrated in 2004. That and the cells were designed by Ralph Pattison, who also made the church’s abstract stained-glass windows.

Between the cells and the church is the soon-to-be-completed second side of the cloister, which functions as a covered way to the church while also providing a space for gatherings.

Hidden behind these buildings is the Parlour building, which was the first to be completed on the site in the 1970s. Upstairs is the small chapel where the daily services were offered for many years until the church was built.