Category Archives: Church news

w/c Tuesday April 3:  With work to remove the skeletons from the porch held up awaiting  clearance of proceudres by the Diocesan Advisory Committee, the completion of the paths is also held up, leaving them a bit messy! The carpet … Continue reading →

Monday March 26: Sun and 12oC.  Filling drainage trench with stone.  Rear platform oak edging trim being fitted to walls and pillar bases. [1623.jpg] Pew prayer fronts put in place on rear platform. Tuesday: The framework from the doorway to the nave centre … Continue reading →

Monday March 19: 2oC, snow from weekend slowly going. The porch outer paving stone lifted and moved with A frame gantry to lie west of the large inner slab. Drainage trench and new piping continued with archaeologist Kamil removing and … Continue reading →

Monday, March 12: Galvanised steel sections were delivered and a start made on laying out the rear platform structure. The organ loudspeakers were disconnected from the top of the vestry cupboard.     Tuesday: Archaeologist Tim discovered a full skeleton … Continue reading →

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Monday, March 5: With the snow going fast and while passing lifting straps below the remaining large slab in the porch, it was found to have a hewn edge under the wall, not smoothly tapered like the other sides.  John … Continue reading →

Monday, February 26: Electrician fitted two  radiant heaters to each of the SW wall and Chancel and they are working.  NICEIC inspected the installation work.  Making a temporary internal porch to keep stone dust out of church when work starts on porch … Continue reading →

Monday Feb 19: CE and NE pits cleared of timber and debris. Recovered and new oak platform side rails cut and treated with Sika wood preservative and fitted on waterproof membranes to CE pit. The pillar nearest the kitchen is … Continue reading →

Monday Feb 12: SE pew platform re-boarding completed. Tuesday: lift, move and settle the font in its new SE position.  The difference in levels between the new oak rail and the eroded floor slabs in this part of the south … Continue reading →

Monday Feb 5: Remaining debris sucked out of NW underfloor ventilation passage and cleared through to the outside vent stones. Tuesday: Electrician busy with power socket and heater cables; new vestry light fitted. Wednesday: Oak rail arrived for the SE platform … Continue reading →