Hackney council has given the green light to proposals to transform a grade I-listed former church in Shoreditch into offices.

St Michael and All Angels Church on Mark Street was used for mor than 40 years after its deconsecration as an extraordinary depostitory for architectural antiques and salvage. It has been empty for over a year.

The building, which was constructed in 1865 and designed in a neo-gothic style by James Brooks, stopped serving as a church in the 1960s. It is located within the South Shoreditch conservation area.

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