The models of the new buildings continue to take shape. Here is a cut-away view of the Baptistery, the link between the existing church (behind you) and the Newman Chapel (to the right). On the ground floor the Font, naturally. To the left a Confessional, with wheel-chair access. On the next floor a gallery, overlooking the font, but also with a balcony over the Newman Chapel, and into the back of the Church. Above that, through the open door you can glimpse the Chapter House, so called because it has a pillar in the middle, just like York Minster. The pillar is actually a "light tube" which will catch natural daylight and funnel it down to the font two floor below. The Chapter House will be used for choir rehearsal, because it connects on te level with the choir gallery (behind you!), and to the right with the music archive. But the Chesterton material will also be in rooms to the right, so the Chapter House can also be used for exhibitions of that and other archival material.
