Replacement for blighted box hedge

I help look after the gardens at my church. There was a box hedge under the line of windows for the main worship area. It has succumbed to box blight - probably aggravated by being under some drought stress.
I am wondering what we can replace the hedge with. It does not necessarily need to be as formal as a regularly cut hedge.

One thought I have (with a glass full of rooted cuttings) is a rosemary hedge. Rosemary grows really well in this soil and climate. I have to cut back our own rosemary really hard every couple of years, and it seems to tolerate this treatment. Rosemary is a very popular herb here - I take the arm-fulls of branches to church, where they are very quickly claimed! Many people live in apartments in the capital, and love to drink rosemary tea (no idea about this)! So any hedge would supply a need!

I have read here a number of comments that rosemary does not cope with pruning well.
Am I just fortunate with my plants? Has anyone else grown a rosemary hedge successfully?

 

Agree, Rosemary tolerates pruning back very well if not into very old wood I find
The only problem, as I see it, is that as a hedge Rosemary can be fickle.....so often the odd plant dies out leaving a hole in the hedge??

How about euonymus green spire as an alternative Sian? Tough as old boots and surprisingly attractive...rich green, upright and compact.