The petition sought a faculty in relation to a building listed as Grade II* which was built for 800 but now hosts a congregation of 25 in an area that is in decline. The proposed works included relocating the font, introducing a new altar and ambo and removing and disposing of existing altars from the nave and Lady Chapel. This would enable liturgical flexibility, with the congregation enacting the communal worship of a pilgrim people moving between font, ambo and altar during the Eucharist. The plans would clear the Lady Chapel to be used for meeting space and children's church. The chancellor found that, even though unopposed, the substantial re-ordering of a listed building that would significantly affect its character justified written reasons. The faculty was granted on the basis that the works would enhance the character and significance of the building. The new liturgy of a distinctively catholic nature could attract worshippers from a wider area than the parish. The plans would also facilitate longer-term work should a proposed new Church of England secondary school be built. However, the faculty would be subject to conditions that, while the Lady Chapel altar could be disposed of as not significant, the nave altar should be stored unless disposed of to another church approved of by the diocesan advisory committee (DAC). The lectern had historical value and should also be stored in the chancel rather than disposed of. The font could be moved forward by three metres but the step marking the baptistery should be retained to show the original baptistery site. The new altar and ambo would be approved on the basis of designs approved by the DAC. [Catherine Shelley]