There was something about it that I didn't like, and I couldn't quite pin it down. I have no objection to churches being made redundant, or to their reuse, but the aesthetics of this are awful. Then when I read about it the apparent cynicism of it annoyed me. Sainsburys wanted a site, the church needed saving, bingo! And a car park is a public space - so the church yard could be repurposed having been left in trust for open space.
And then they didn't try to make the new development sympathetic.
oh that is just terrible. I am in the middle of writing about using old churches. currently seeking a break from anger of said post and then I come across this - ugh, now more anger... (of the righteous kind). Isn't it just awful that a building consecrated for the purpose of worshipping God, our God, who sent his son to die for us; has become a bloody supermarket? If it wasn't so awful I'd be laughing...
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