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in the western wall, he is clearly not a fan and calls the spire "risible". In Miles Lewis' words, an overall mannered and clumsy form. However, with the benefit of two and a half decades, tastes have moved on from Lewis' time to reassess this era of building. Similar to
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and around the pulpit, which is placed off-centre to relieve space (possibly also reflecting doctrinal changes in
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to local buildings. Naturally it would come, predicted Haddon, from the "points of peculiar difference that will always separate our
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congregations - a clear, light-filled, open space ideal for the spoken word - a modern and sophisticated treatment of the traditional Presbyterian preaching hall. Its basic
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