Plans For A Memorial Space At St Michael & All Angels

Creating a remembrance area to enhance the Church and surroundings

Artist's impression of view from Turnham Green Terrace

St Michael & All Angels has begun the planning process for a new memorial space at the front and west side of the church.

The plans are at an early stage and can be viewed in detail online. They were presented to members of the congregation last December, and comments made at that meeting will be taken into account during the planning process.

“We think the plans are very exciting and we very much hope you will support them” says Nicola Chater, churchwarden. “We have gone public at an early stage so local people can have their say and help us create an inspiring space that will enhance the church and the surrounding area.

“St Michael’s has never had a graveyard and many people have expressed a wish for a space nearby for remembrance” she said. “At the same time, this prominent corner of the church grounds is in great need of improvement. We are very grateful to Paul Vick, a member of our congregation, who has drawn up the plans with us and we shall be working with him to develop the designs further.”

Image courtesy of Paul Vick, architects

The proposed works include the removal of a yew tree to improve views of west elevation and entrance to the grade II listed Church. There will be a publicly accessible memorial space with landscaping and a widened entrance area to the Church with integrated benches. There is currently no graveyard on the Church grounds but the space may be used for the burial of ashes. It may include a specific focus around the poet W.B. Yeats who lived locally.

The planning statement by the architects states, "A peaceful, properly structured and enclosed space that creates a number of thresholds and at the same time enhances the views of the church, establishes the presence of the street corner, is also visually and physically permeable, open to the public and provides an intimate space where the parks locally are generally wide open is an enhancement."

You can read the documents online .

March 3, 2018