The Project
Project Pilgrim will improve and restore specific areas of the Cathedral to ensure it can fulfil its role as a place of dynamic spiritual, civic and heritage activity and play a key role in the regeneration of the city.
Building Control
The key areas of improvement and restorations under the direction of St Ann’s Gate Architects are:
Entrance –
New glazed vestibule and improved lighting, barrier free, giving access to the exhibition areas.
The Lady Chapel –
An intimate place for worship and contemplation will be restored to cure problems of damp and erosion.
Tribune Gallery –
A magnificent viewing area to fully appreciate the Cathedral interior which will contain exhibition spaces. For the first time the previously least accessible area will be made universally accessible.
Cathedral Grounds –
New Leaf Studio Landscape Architects are involved in the transformation from predominantly car park into a green city space for use by residents, worshippers and the wider community.
Oculus have proactively worked with the Design Team and Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service to agree a fire strategy giving access to the Tribune Gallery with the minimal intervention into the historic fabric and limited impact on the grounds of the Cathedral for fire service access.