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Join John Bone, Max Fordham, and Biba Dow, Dow Jones Architects for this very special tour of the recently renovated and extended St Mary Magdalene Church, Paddington.
Recognised as an outstanding example of neo-Gothic architecture and decoration, the Grade I listed Victorian church is a major local landmark and listed on the English Heritage ‘at risk’ register.
Designed in 1877 for a congregation of about 900 people, the number of churchgoers had shrunk to a two-digit number. Dow Jones Architects and Max Fordham LLP collaboratively renovated and extended St Mary Magdalene to turn the church into a place of community for local people again.
To realise the project and operate the building, the church formed a long-term partnership with the Paddington Development Trust (PDT), who lease areas of the building for offices and run Grand Junction, the new venue for the community, arts and culture based at the newly renovated St Mary Magdalene Church. It was designed to make PDT’s mission to “create and present an eclectic, collaborative programme of music, arts and performance for young people, families and adults” come to life.
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