Plans include a new song school, alterations to the clergy vestry and opening access to underground vaults.

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Certainly, some parishes have explored the idea of having shops attached to the churches, or opening post office counters in the vestry.

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In another part of the grounds, further learning spaces and a choir vestry will be built in the ruins of a former chapel.

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Information from the new equipment, due to be installed later this year, will be relayed to the cathedral's website and social media profiles, as well as to the vestry and the cathedral floor.

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The missionary leaflets by the collection box were smeared and dog-eared, and Bartholomew noticed now that there was bird lime on curtains that were there in place of a door to the vestry.

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