One of Lutterworth’s most-well known religious buildings, the former Christian Fellowship Church on Chapel Street, will remain a place for worship after our Director, Andrew McFarlane Holt secured a multi-year lease with a newly established church.
When the Christian Fellowship Church closed last November, the landlord was keen for it to remain an asset for the community and approached Andrew to secure a new tenant.
“As a Lutterworth-based business, we are extremely active in the town and our connections ensure we are astutely aware of local market activity,” says Andrew. “After securing the agreement to let the Church, we used our network to establish interest and it quickly became apparent that a new church had aspirations to launch in Lutterworth.
The new tenants at Chapel Street are Life Church Lutterworth, which launched as a new church plant this summer following modest redecoration to modernise the building.
Trustee, Stephen Mair explains: “It has been the vision of several of the Trustees for a number of years to launch a church in Lutterworth. When we became aware that the building was available to rent, following the closure of the previous church, we realised this opened a door to renting a church building within which to establish Life Church Lutterworth.
“Its location is very accessible and there is a car park opposite. Since the middle of August, we have been meeting for worship services on Sunday mornings and plan to introduce support groups such as Parents & Tots, Men’s Mental Health Breakfasts, Women’s Groups and more over the coming months. It was a pleasure working with Wells McFarlane, as a local firm they were extremely knowledgeable and skilfully negotiated us a multi-year lease.”
Andrew concludes: “It’s excellent news to have secured a long-term tenant with such extensive plans to support the people of Lutterworth and its surrounding villages. It is also particularly pleasing that our approach of proactive community engagement has enabled an historic building to remain in productive use.”
