vestry

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But the church has worked with the Bats in Churches team to find a solution - they've built a sealed-off loft conversion above the vestry.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

Doreen Golding, 83, the Pearly Queen of Bow Bells and the Old Kent Road, shouted to the group as she led the way to the church vestry.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2023

By 1767, the Pohick vestry decided the old chapel wasn’t stately enough to serve as the parish’s main church, so they looked into building a more elegant structure.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

A week later, it was performed by Elizabeth John in the vestry of Tabor Chapel in Maesteg, Bridgend county.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2022

The church supper is the grandfather of the country club, just as the Thursday poetry reading in the basement under the vestry sired the little theater.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck