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We’ve started work but there is so much more to do.
During 2024, we replaced large areas of internal wooden floors at a cost of about £5,000. Next we need to tackle the internal plaster, rain goods, damp in the north-west corner and windows. Can you help?
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Our group is run by a committee that meets on a monthly basis to decide what and how we can proceed. All expenditure requires authorization by our committee and is signed off by Treasurer and Chair.
Here are just a few priorities we have identified.
We will be guided by a structural report drawn up and then revised in 2020.
Replacing the plastic windows
The windows of the church are plastic. They were fitted in the early 1980s by the Wildlife Trust to make the building weatherproof. They are now failing and are very opaque. Replacing these with glass and fixing the stonework will be expensive but will transform the interior by allowing in much more light. We are seeking quotes for this work.
Repairing interior plaster
Inside the church are many areas where lime plaster is in poor condition. Although a big job, this should be straightforward. Resolving the cause of problems such as rising damp and penetrating damp is important.
Tackling damp in the NW corner of the church
Rising damp in the NW corner of the church caused the early failure of the previous wooden floor. This earlier floor was low-grade tongue and groove softwood. We have replaced this with seasoned chestnut beams and antique pine floorboards reclaimed from an old Victorian hospital that is being demolished in Lancashire. We now need to address the rising damp. We have been advised that this is being exacerbated by concrete sills installed in the 1980s around outside walls to move rainwater. We need to excavate this corner of the church to make it free draining.
REPAIRING the roof & RAIN goods
The roof is basically sound but there are slipped, broken and missing roof stone tiles. Ingress of water is damaging vital roof trusses. The gutters and downpipes are broken and /or missing in many places leading to penetrating damp. Pointing and fascia boards need attention