Andrew Mottram
Andrew worked as a Stipendiary Anglican
Clergyman from 1978 to 2006. He has
been involved in the care of church
buildings for 21 years. He was Priest in
Charge of ‘All Saints’ Hereford from 1991
until 2006 and during this time the church
building was extensively repaired and
re-ordered. Since 2006 he has been a
‘Self Supporting Minister’ (formerly NSM),
living in the Diocese of Hereford and
working across England and Wales.
Shortly after the new All Saints was
completed in 1997, English Heritage
described it as ‘the iconic example of church
redevelopment’. Café @ All Saints is a hugely
successful enterprise providing the Church
community with the necessary income
stream to fund the building.
The management of the All Saints project
from the inside gave Andrew a unique
knowledge of the challenges facing Church
The Ammerdown Centre
congregations in preparation for any
extensive re-ordering. From the day the ‘new’
All Saints reopened Andrew’s advice has
been sought by all manner of Churches and it
2009 Conference
was in response to this need that with Emma
Osmundsen (a Diocesan Surveyor) they set
up Ecclesiastical Property Solutions (EPS) in
speakers: John Yates
2004. The objective of the company is to
enable Church communities to have buildings
which serve their mission.
and Andrew Motram
John Yates
special. Since 1989 he has played this role
John Yates is an Inspector of Historic
in both urban and rural areas of the West
Buildings in English Heritage’s West
Midlands, working from EH’s Birmingham
Midlands Region, and a former Chair of
office but living in Shropshire. Before that he
the Institute of Historic Building
worked in London, including the City itself.
Conservation (IHBC).
Like most EH Inspectors, he finds that an
ever increasing part of his work is on
His work involves advising building owners,
changes to churches.
architects, planners and government bodies
on how to adapt and use our historic
John is a member of both the Hereford and
buildings to serve present needs, whilst
the Birmingham Diocesan Advisory
enabling those buildings still to tell the
Committees, the Birmingham RC Historic
stories from the past that make them so
Churches Committee and the Birmingham
St Chads RC Cathedral Fabric Committee,
Andrew Mottram
as well as being a former member of
Lichfield DAC. As the son and brother of EPS has helped over 500 Church communities
Anglican clerics, he is fortuitously well since then ranging from the large (Project
placed to understand the issues facing Management of the £3.5 million repair and
those responsible for historic places of re-ordering of Plymouth St Peter) to the small
worship. (advising a small rural Church to opt for a
‘portaloo’ lavatory at a cost of £18 per month as
His presentation will draw on his experience
opposed to the architect’s recommendation of
in this field, before moving on to consider
a ‘new build’ at £125,000!).
forthcoming opportunities and challenges
for working historic churches. He will focus Andrew is now working for Worcester
on ‘West end stuff’ and ‘East end stuff’ (often Diocese as a Heritage Buildings and
more delicate!) and widen out into the larger Community Development Officer. This follows
roles available for urban, suburban and rural the decision for EPS to cease trading after
churches. He hopes to bring hot news of English Heritage released funding towards
national policy developments for historic 30 new full time church building support
churches, but that is a risky thing to promise officers in England. We wish Andrew all the
John Yates
in present circumstances. best in this new stage of his career.
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