{"id":335648,"date":"2025-08-11T11:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/335648\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:58:10","slug":"hopes-church-built-in-1100s-will-remain-as-place-of-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/335648\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopes church built in 1100s will remain as place of worship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Plans are currently with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastlothiancourier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">East Lothian<\/a> Council to ensure that it has \u201ca sustainable future as a church building\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Nunraw Chapel Ltd is looking for replacement glazing at the church, which is believed to date back to the 12th\u00a0century.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A design and heritage impact statement included with the application reads: \u201cAs part of the Church of Scotland\u2019s restricting of property, Garvald Parish Church was recently put on the market and purchased by a private individual with the sole purpose of retaining its use a place of Christian worship, either for a regular congregation or for weddings and funerals.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWhilst the church building is in good order, the new owner is seeking to improve its thermal comfort and include sanitary facilities necessary for a sustainable future as a church building.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The graveyard and paths are owned by East Lothian Council.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The new owner is looking to improve the building \u201cwith minimal intervention\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Measures include improving the \u201cthermal efficiency and reduce condensation\u201d by improving the glazing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is also hoped to connect the building to the main water supply and sewage system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plans are currently with East Lothian Council to ensure that it has \u201ca sustainable future as a church&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-335648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115010017872942180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}