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Office Accommodation – The journey so far

• Late 1960’s relocate from offices in St Aldates, Oxford to the

former parsonage at North Hinksey

• 1970’s first extension to the parsonage
• 1980’s further extension works
• 1990’s Large Committee Room and Bishop’s Wing added
• Last 10 years roof space converted and various internal re-
• rganisations to accommodate more people and meetings
• The last two years – an extensive review of options at North

Hinksey and elsewhere

Farewell to Diocesan Church House, North Hinksey - note

cars spilling over onto adjoining roads

Bannister House, Kidlington

AKA – “Church House Oxford”

Langford Lane, Kidlington – Business Park

A modern office building on a Business Park but adjoining open countryside

Kidlington – key points

• Public transport stops within yards of the building,

there are good links to the new Kidlington railway station and Oxford

• 8 miles from DCH and 4 miles from A34/A40

junctions

• Easy access to recreation space [a “Site of Special

Scientific Interest” is just over the road]

• Co-op Shop and pub 5 minutes walk, Kidlington

centre 1 mile with all main facilities

• Close to Bishop of Oxford’s new house in Kidlington

Kidlington – key points

• Approximately 50% bigger than the current Diocesan

Church House

• Three floors of offices/meeting rooms, plus large

secure loft storage area

• Improved opportunities for open plan and flexible

working

• Flexible meeting rooms and chapel space
• 70 allocated car spaces [24 more than DCH], plus

access to more on site and within a few minutes walk

Ground Floor plan

Reception/Café area Offices/secure storage

First Floor plan

Main meeting rooms Offices/small meeting rooms

Second Floor plan

Bishops/Senior staff area Offices & meeting rooms

Why not extend at North Hinksey?

• It will cost more than relocating to Kidlington
• There are timing problems –
• Securing planning permission has proved difficult,

we may not get all the additional office space and car spaces we need

• Construction works will be disruptive and would

need to be phased to enable existing operations at DCH to continue

• We are still left with an old inefficient high

maintenance building, much of which cannot be made “disabled friendly”