The architect of our new Church, Carl Ross, presented the plans for the exterior and layout of the church and suggested interior designs at our open meeting.

The following links are to illustrations showing the site plan, elevations and floor plan.

Site Plan

Elevations

Floor plan

You can seen how the church fits in between the school and Blair Avenue with a new access road being built off Blair Avenue to the car parking around the church. Inside the church you can see the study rooms at the back which could be used for children’s liturgy and meetings as well as being opened out to allow overflow at times such as Christmas and Easter when we have high attendance.

The following two illustrations are initial examples of the interior design. A red colour has been picked as this relates to St Therese of Lisieux, our patron,

Sampleboard 1Sampleboard 2

The final choice will be decided over the next couple of months with lots of input from parishioners.

Finally there is a small video file giving an idea of what the outside of the Church will look like. I am not sure who is escaping in the blue car though!

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