St John’s Church, Glastonbury

St John’s Church, High Street, Glastonbury is the principal Anglican Church in the historic town of Glastonbury and is part of the Diocese of Bath & Wells. This medieval church was closed for most of 2019 to allow extensive sympathetic refurbishment and re-ordering.

The primary purpose of the works was to create a modern, fresh, and flexible interior within a medieval church building to enhance worship, to provide an open space for a variety of worship and community activities, and to display and celebrate the historical legacy of the building and its prominent place within the Town of Glastonbury.

To do this, the design and construction team undertook the following: -

• Installed up-to-date gas fired boiler plant and an under-floor heating system, and in the process created a clear, level, and stable floor.
• Installed modern glazed draught-resistant porches at the west and south entrances, allowing unobstructed views of the full length of the church.
• Installed flexible, multi-function lighting, and audio-visual facilities to support a wide variety of activities, including worship, concerts, productions, and history and heritage displays.
• Installed a modern kitchen to permit hosting proper hot meals as well as casual refreshments.
• Refreshed, enlarged, and relocated the organ to enhance choral, music, and worship events.