185 years on Lansdown!
St Stephen's has been an indelible part of so many people's lives; it has witnessed countless pivotal moments in life time journeys. We have laughed together, cried together, supported each other through moments of rejoicing, of sadness, of fellowship and of faith.
Now St Stephen's has its own moment of drama and challenge! It needs vital repair, urgent updating, critical re-imaging to ensure that it remains a presence not just on the Bath's northern skyline, but as a valued and much needed worship and community centre not just for Lansdown, but for Bath and beyond.
THE BEACON OF LANSDOWN PROJECT is our response to this challenge, a multi-million pound project to create a building not just for today, but for tomorrow and countless years thereafter.
REPAIR
St Stephen's has worrying structural issues, possibly related to tree root ingress, and this needs resolving. The building is currently being monitored for structural movement.
FLEXIBLE
The building needs to be reconfigured to make it a flexible worship and community event space so that we can accommodate concerts, community classes and activities, meetings and talks of varying capacity, life event celebrations and other special events.
UPDATE
Our facilities are out of date, and expensive both to maintain and run. We need upgrades to lighting, AV, acoustics, heating, plumbing and kitchen facilities. We also need to be fully accessible both for external access, but also for internal travel between church and church centre.
SUSTAINABLE
We are aiming to become a sustainable and eco friendly building, efficient to use and economic to run.