Mossley Hill Church, Liverpool, UK Client Mossley Hill Church Light4 was commissioned by Mossley Hill combination of an antique 2 x 120W RO80 Services Lighting design Church to design and detail a new lighting reflector spotlights wall mounted within the Architect Studio: Plan A installation for the refurbishment of their rear corners of the space. The final lighting chapel. The brief was to deliver a scheme element to be replaced was a collection of which offered a variety of lighting scenes to 4x100W incandescent light bulbs surface suit the multiple uses of the space. The mounted to the high level beams illuminating parishioners use the space for prayer the central alter. The existing load was 690W. meetings, readings, group discussion, sewing and stitching banners. The lighting design was Cundall Light4’s design approach was to to also deliver significant energy savings to the rebalance the space with layers of symmetrical church. light, picking up the key architectural elements and historic features which defined the For many years, the Church had illuminated the architectural character of the building and space using cheap outdoor flood and spotlight space. Architecture practice Studio-e had luminaires, one of which was a B&Q type previously been commissioned to design a multi-head dichroic fitting mounted to a piece glazed intervention wall between the main of wood suspended against the wall. Needless church hall and chapel, providing some to say, not only was this incredibly inefficient intimacy, thermal comfort control and an and a complete distraction from the architecture acoustic separation. The lighting design of the space, the lighting was imbalanced highlighted the intervention by illuminating the and resulted in confusing shadows across the monolithic pillars and vast stone arch which space, making it extremely difficult to use as towered above the glazed entrance door. a functional space. In addition to this was a 1.