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ABOUT US - HISTORY & RESTORATION

12th century church transformed

The church of St Nicholas has stood on the site of The Chellington Centre since the 12th century and remained a place of worship until the 1970s when the church became the site of a local youth centre.

Faced with the possibility of complete closure, a strong lobby group ensured that the church at Chellington would retain it's much loved status in the community through a complete modernisation programme.

The Chellington Centre was formed - providing a high standard, yet affordable, residential youth centre that would meet Health and Safety and Child Protection requirements. The charity, Reachout Projects (now ReachOut Plus) was given the task of breathing new life into the church building and raised the funds to carry out the £1.2 million conversion. Work started in October 2004 and the Centre received it's first group in September 2005.

ReachOut Plus owes gratitude to all those who supported the transformation of the church of St Nicholas into the life-changing facility it has become today.

The fascinating history of the church of St Nicholas, from it's early English origins to the mysterious desertion of the local parishioners from the hilltop village of Chellington and it's reinvention as a centre for inspirational youth projects can be downloaded here:

Project history
The history of St Nicholas church
The bells of St Nicholas