Visit to St Peter's church and parish centre - Bray
Last week we took a morning trip to the pretty seaside down in Bray to go have a look at one of the renovation projects our dear John has been working on.
The project comprises an extension to the parish centre and the renovation of the interior of the church and its sacristy. The focus was on the beautiful use of local materials - slate, Irish oak - and a subtle palette - greens and other country colours. I particularly enjoyed the intervention in the church and I think the design team did an excellent job, hats off! The seats were very original and unlike to anything I've seen in Italian churches, where everything looks so dark, and grand, and...! Here there's a sense of community, openness, everything is so light and simple. The altar still had lots of marble, but that's essential to a Catholic church I believe! Attention was given to universal design and to provide access for all, thing which you rarely see in a church.An amazing restoration job had been done with the original paintings that were there, bringing them back to a life of vibrant colours! As for the extension to the parish I really liked what they did with the glass balustrade along the staircase and also liked the use of wallpaper. It was really interesting to see how they approached the renovation process on such a community-loved space: you have to be careful to please everyone and to make something that will last for another, let's say, good century. Again, hats off!
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