They bury (and burn) altars, don’t they?

With yet one further allusion to Sydney Pollack’s award-winning film, we expand our consideration of the treatment of unwanted church furniture from fonts to altars. The recently circulated Re St. George the Martyr Preston [2023] ECC Bla 2 concerned an extensive reordering project, which in addition to the more contentious issues of the replacement of the two wooden and glazed draft lobbies, included the removal and disposal of a nave altar and the introduction of a new bespoke altar [1(4)]. Continue reading