Where better to have a vision than in a church? But this is no ordinary church. The Pitcher and Piano in Nottingham is a deconsecrated Unitarian church, saved from dereliction in a rather spectacular fashion.
Meeting me from my bus journey on a balmy afternoon, my daughter proposed a refreshing drink. To me, she was a vision of loveliness. You could say that for our surroundings too.
Last week I was too excited at meeting my daughter to settle to a Thursday’s Special. This week I’m home again, and able to share some of the magic. The little girl in Paula’s Vision is beautiful too.
restlessjo 
Lovely to see your gorgeous daughter Jo. I think these repurposed churches are fabulous. In Aberdeen we had a some fabulous good and refreshments in one. Your stained glass photos are superb.
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I was already beyond excited when I met her, Sue. You can imagine! 🙂 🙂 Thanks, darlin!
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All beautiful! (Though I find the piano a touch worrying!)
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I have to admit, distressed comes to mind, Val. 🙂
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Beautiful stained glass windows, it is a gorgeous church. How lovely to meet up with your daughter for a refreshing drink and no doubt a good natter. She is ideed lovely…just like her mum.
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She’s a lot more gorgeous than her mother, Gilda. We had a lovely weekend together, and managed to include my son in some of it too. 🙂 🙂
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They’ve done a great job on pub. For the first time I see the resemblance, you and your Titian lass are both visions of loveliness. Soon-be-the-weekend hugs darling!
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She’s so like my Mam, Gilly, and I struggle to see me in her at all. But she’s beautiful, and she’s loved. Thank you for your kindness. 🙂 🙂
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love the pianos, Jo. and the stained glass windows are pretty. lovely place indeed! 🙂
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It’s a great use of a church that nobody loved, LolaWi. 🙂 🙂
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absolutely! i’ve seen beautiful churches that are now simply for concerts and shows. sad but in a way good that it is being used for good purpose. keep your lovely photos coming, Jo! thanks for sharing 🙂 🙂
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Just love those pianos, Jo! What a great place
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You don’t even have to wait for them to get decrepit, Sue! 🙂 🙂
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Haha!
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I loved the stained glass windows 😊
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Me too 🙂 🙂
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I also would like to see the battered piano as well. Great photos 🙂
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Thank you very much 🙂 🙂
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Nothing more special than having time with our grown adult children!!
Those pianos used as planters are quite something!! And the stained lass works are incredible.
Peta
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It was rather a special weekend, Peta, as I managed to get them both together for a little while. (but not in the Pitcher and Piano 🙂 )
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It’s always nice to see your daughter’s smiling face, Jo. I’m loving that piano!
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Fun, isn’t it? 🙂 🙂 Thanks a lot, Jill.
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Visions of loveliness indeed – church and daughter. 🙂
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Bless you, hon! Many thanks 🙂 🙂
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Lovely church Jo. You have captured it well.
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Not a conventional use, Arlene, but much better than it standing derelict. Thank you! 🙂 🙂
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Lovely windows and an interesting name for a café / pub? What a fab place for a catch-up with your precious daughter. Great use for the pianos though I suspect any pianist looking at this will be cringing! Back to cooler climes here today, but no thunder storms arrived, just cloudy and a few spits.
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They are actually a chain, Jude, and this one is quite close to Lisa’s place of work. They have a newsletter with free drinks vouchers, which is another reason to like it. We have less exciting ones at Durham and on the Quayside at Newcastle so I need to check that out. The pianos are a bit sad, aren’t they, but I suppose it’s recycling after a fashion. (I did think about linking to Lingering for the windows too 🙂 ) Heavy grey here.
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I thought I’d heard the name before. I wonder where that was? [shakes head… ]
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I’m in love with the piano!! All the shots are great! What a great place to visit!
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You have a choice of two! 🙂 🙂 The first is pale green, by the front door. The battered cream one is on the patio at the back. Great, isn’t it? And, thanks!
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It’s fabulous!!! I love seeing things like that!!!
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Gardening in a grand piano, now there’s food for thought 🙂 Great shots all round, Jo. Whoever thought they could ‘adaptively re-use’ this church in such a way certainly had vision.
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I should have thought of that, Tish! But I’m a bit short on vision. Much better at admiring. 🙂 🙂
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Nice to see this beautiful building being given a new life. The windows are wonderful.
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I could hardly believe my eyes as I walked through the door, Carol. I loved it 🙂 🙂
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A great restoration, and those stained glass windows are just gorgeous 🙂
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Quite a sight to behold, aren’t they? 🙂 🙂
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Oh yes, a real beauty, both church and daughter. I like the contrast between her and the old traditional church! And nice to see the building kept as part of the community, albeit in a very different manner to what its creators intended
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I must have walked past it before and never realised, Debs. I knew of it but not exactly where. Lisa thought she’d taken me there before because it’s almost her ‘local’ from her office. Nice! 🙂 🙂 Thanks, darlin!
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What a wonderful church and your photographs of the stained glass windows are inspired! 😀 I’ve taken so many over the years in various churches and cathedrals and whilst some are good a lot end up with black around the edges or elongated! Yours are all so striking, crisp clear and immediate. Also so lovely to see your daughter. 😀 I hope your friends and property in Portugal are safe, Jo. They are having a dreadful time with the forest fires, a horrific natural disaster.
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Thanks for the kind thought, Annika. The fires in Portugal are a long way north of us but horrific, I agree. They are blaming the highly combustible eucalyptus trees but the whole area is like a tinder box.
Lisa was chided for not having taken me to the Pitcher and Piano before! 🙂 I knew of its existence but this was the first time we’d been there.
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It is a magical setting for a cafe…I can see this will be a regular stop when you visit! I meant to comment on the piano – very inventive but I can imagine my pianist son shuddering at the latest planter! 😀
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There were 2 battered pianos but I took the other shot out in case it gave offence. 🙂 🙂
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The perfect setting for your daughter! And superb stained glass window photography.
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Hiya, Meg! I’m still tinkering with it- can’t decide whether the battered piano is appropriate so I’ve taken it out. It really is beautifully done, the restoration. Glad you approve. 🙂 🙂 Ecclesiastical hugs!
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I’d vote for leaving the battered piano in!
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Oh darn! Laptop is off and I’m skulking about being moody. I’ll put it back later xx
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Sorry about both laptop (or do you mean just switched off?) and moodiness. Connected? Or just one of those times? Warm hugs, unless you need cool ones.
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