Lydia House, 140 Cowick Street is the address of our new church ‘hub’, and we look forward to moving our staff team and many of our group activities into this new, more flexible space. We are hugely grateful to all who have given to our ‘building fund’ over the years and want to thank the Property team and Trustees for all the hard work in assessing the building, planning for the future and ensuring that the purchase was a success.
First, view full-screen by clicking on the right of the photo below.
In full-screen mode, click on the icon to see the floor plan.
Click on the white squares to navigate between rooms…
Photo credits – Steve Gingell
If you have time available to help on a Monday (pm/evening) or Friday (am/pm), please let us know your availability on the Lydia House Refurbishment Form.
Feb 21st 2023
Latest update and photos from the hardworking volunteer team…
Another busy week of filling, painting and making good. This week also sees the installation of a new boiler and pipework to help us zone the heating, preparation for down-lights, a new sink plumbed-in, removal of doors for dipping and stripping, colour scheme and carpet selection.
Feb 15th
Well, they say you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs…
A big thank you to Scott, and to the volunteers who have stripped, filled and sanded walls, removed rubble, removed window bars, researched colour schemes, restored electrical circuits and fitted new sockets. Special shout-out to the Daytime Community Group, all the encouragers on the ‘Team Renovation’ WhatsApp group, including ever-ready James Kimber, sage architect Dave Lambert, mood-board custodian Mel Oxlade and resident sparky, Tim Goode.
The planned work is progressing well – and has led to one or two unplanned tasks – replacing the boiler with a more efficient version (current one was condemned on carbon monoxide flue emissions), and some significant rewiring work to ensure that our office sockets are on the ring main, rather than the mix of spurs and radials which have been uncovered.
Upcoming tasks – more filling and sanding, preparing the ceilings for downlights, fitting a new stud wall to make the staff toilet less, um, ‘open plan’. (For any Bible-scholars out there, we are calling this the Nehemiah 3:13 task.)
If you have time available to help on a Monday (pm/evening) or Friday (am/pm), please let us know your availability on the Lydia House Refurbishment Form.
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