New St Albans Cathedral Welcome Centre Building, Hertfordshire Architecture News
St Albans Cathedral Welcome Centre
Development in Herts, southeast England, UK – design by Simpson and Brown Architects
11 October 2019
St Albans Cathedral Welcome Centre Building
Design: Simpson and Brown, Architects
Original architects: George Gilbert Scott, Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, John Oldrid Scott, Lewis Nockalls Cottingham
Thomas Sinden completes new Welcome Centre at St Albans Cathedral as part of £7 million National Lottery project
Thomas Sinden has completed a new single storey Welcome Centre, connecting the Norman cathedral with the 20th century Chapter House and renovations to the twentieth century Chapter House.
Photos © Giles Rocholl Photography
Set within the archaeologically sensitive ?Monk?s Graveyard? site in Sumpter Yard, the Welcome Centre, designed by leading conservation architects Simpson and Brown, provides a brand new visitor experience with new visitor entrance, retail space, interpretation and exhibition areas, the relocated vestry, and provide new level access.

Alterations to the Chapter House interiors were also undertaken to renovate the existing café, provide additional education spaces, and improve accessibility at all levels through the creation of new lift access and washroom facilities.
The £7 million plus project has been funded by around £4.2 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and over £3 million raised by the Cathedr...