“Stunning! Simply stunning!” These were the first words out of the mouth of a visiting clergyman as he stood and stared in amazement in our new Upper Chapter House. Like everyone else who has seen it, he was bowled over by the quality and style on show now that the epic conversion job is finished. A ramshackle collection of sheds has become the first new Templar building in the English-speaking world for more than seven hundred years. Once again, we are a real-world ‘bricks and mortar’ organisation. The Upper and Lower Chapter House complex gives us a dedicated lecture room/dining hall and a sizeable office for our growing organisation. Thanks are due to the very skilled and meticulous master builder, our volunteer labourers who have helped him at every state, and of course to the donors whose generosity has funded and made possible this remarkable project. A dream became a vision, and the vision has now become reality. We look forward to receiving more visitors, to using the building to the full, and to reaping the benefits of all this hard work and dedication. Deus Vult! |