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St. Albans Diocessan Board of Finance - Selling ag land from under Tenant (fbt)
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<blockquote data-quote="Bongodog" data-source="post: 8088793" data-attributes="member: 1343"><p>Mum and dad were staunch C of E, Dad was Churcvhwarden for many years, so much of what I read above rings true to all I have heard and witnessed, Dad was constantly frustrated by the attitude of the Church architects who wanted to take everything back to a date in Victorian times, demanding that "modern materials" were ripped out and replaced with more appropriate ones. The average C of E parish church dates back to somewhere between 1000 and 1400, with many additions along the way so why fix a specific date to which materials should conform ?</p><p>A typical example of this is that plasterboard is a big no, it must be wooden lathes coated with lime mortar reinforced with horse or pig hair. As anyone who lives in an old house knows, eventually with expansion and contraction the plaster eventually gives way and falls off, its worse for a Church because the temperature swings are larger, below freezing in winter and often very high temperatures under a high roof in summer. I know of one Church where all the 1960's plasterboard was stripped out at the architects insistence to be replaced with "more sympathetic" materials. 10 years later the Church was closed for over a year as the lime mortar started dropping from the ceiling. </p><p>Mum regularly used to say that she would have been happier worshipping in the modern Church hall and why couldn't they just abandon the old medieval buiilding. </p><p></p><p>Rural parishes used to be looked upon as a cash cow, there to send in money for the benefit of the bishop and his pet projects. The number of parish vicars has been decimated, but the number of bishops and archdeacons has remained constant, meawhile the number of staff involved in outreach etc has expanded exponentially.</p><p></p><p>If people have never ever seen their vicar there is zero chance they will require the Church even for a wedding or funeral.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bongodog, post: 8088793, member: 1343"] Mum and dad were staunch C of E, Dad was Churcvhwarden for many years, so much of what I read above rings true to all I have heard and witnessed, Dad was constantly frustrated by the attitude of the Church architects who wanted to take everything back to a date in Victorian times, demanding that "modern materials" were ripped out and replaced with more appropriate ones. The average C of E parish church dates back to somewhere between 1000 and 1400, with many additions along the way so why fix a specific date to which materials should conform ? A typical example of this is that plasterboard is a big no, it must be wooden lathes coated with lime mortar reinforced with horse or pig hair. As anyone who lives in an old house knows, eventually with expansion and contraction the plaster eventually gives way and falls off, its worse for a Church because the temperature swings are larger, below freezing in winter and often very high temperatures under a high roof in summer. I know of one Church where all the 1960's plasterboard was stripped out at the architects insistence to be replaced with "more sympathetic" materials. 10 years later the Church was closed for over a year as the lime mortar started dropping from the ceiling. Mum regularly used to say that she would have been happier worshipping in the modern Church hall and why couldn't they just abandon the old medieval buiilding. Rural parishes used to be looked upon as a cash cow, there to send in money for the benefit of the bishop and his pet projects. The number of parish vicars has been decimated, but the number of bishops and archdeacons has remained constant, meawhile the number of staff involved in outreach etc has expanded exponentially. If people have never ever seen their vicar there is zero chance they will require the Church even for a wedding or funeral. [/QUOTE]
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