Stroud Chapel by Nicolas Pople Architects
Stroud Chapel by Nicolas Pople Architects 10 January 2021 The East Sussex-based practice has designed a cross-laminated timber church in Gloucestershire The existing chapel on Cainscross Road in Stroud was constructed in 1968 but by the end of the 20th century was already too small for its growing congregation. Nicolas Pople Architects was instructed in 2012 to begin designs for a replacement and, after a number of iterations, opted for a conservation approach, whereby one wing was demolished to make space for a new chapel, while the original sacramental space was converted into a social sp...