St Peter’s Church in the centre of the town dates back 700 years and is being re-ordered to create a kitchen, toilets, meeting space, a balcony, level access and new underfloor heating. The interior will offer a more flexible space for community use, as well as worship, with the chancel area being lifted and the high altar lowered. Most of the pews will be replaced by more comfortable and movable seating. Next door, the cloisters are being renovated to offer pilgrim accommodation with three ensuite rooms, including one with accessible facilities. The concept drawings are shown below.
Denbighshire County Council received confirmation that they had secured £10.95m from UK Government for the former Clwyd West constituency to support the development of 10 projects aimed at protecting Ruthin’s unique heritage, wellbeing and rural communities.
To deliver this project, £1.2m from the UK Government was allocated as well as a further £400,000 from the church reserves.
While the work is taking place, members of the congregations at St Peter’s will be relocated to St Mwrog Church in nearby Llanfwrog for the 9am service and to Ysgol Borthyn Voluntary Controlled Church in Wales School for the 10.30am service. From 2 February, the service time at Ysgol Borthyn will change to 4pm.
Check back here over the course of the next few months to see progress updates and pictures.