The Wolfson Foundation and the National Churches Trust have awarded £134,000 to help 21 historic churches across the UK with repairs and restoration work.
The grants are made under the Wolfson Fabric Repair Grants programme, in partnership with the National Churches Trust, the charity supporting church buildings of all Christian denominations across the UK.
The scheme supports the conservation and restoration of listed places of worship with outstanding historic and architectural significance.
Churches are awarded grants of up to £10,000 to support work including roof and masonry repairs, rainwater disposal and drainage.
Paul Ramsbottom, chief executive of the Wolfson Foundation said:
“As well as being places of worship and buildings of beauty, churches sit at the heart of the community. In many ways they stand between the past and present. We are thrilled to continue our partnership with the National Churches Trust to support the preservation of these significant, much-loved historic buildings across the UK.”
Latest Wolfson Fabric Repair Grants
A £10,000 Wolfson Fabric Repair Grant will fund repairs to the tower and spire of St Peter’s Church in Bournemouth (above), one of the finest examples of 19th-century gothic revival church architecture. The church also receives a £25,000 National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant.
Cardonald Parish Church, Glasgow
Grade-B listed Cardonald Parish Church in Glasgow receives a £5,000 Wolfson Fabric Repair Grant and a £10,000 National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant to help fund urgent roof, rainwater goods and masonry repairs. As the first public building in the neighbourhood before it developed into the suburb it is today, the church has served its community for over 130 years.
St Mary’s Church in Warwick benefits from a £10,000 Wolfson Fabric Repair Grant to help fund repointing, repairing and replacing the eroded stonework of the church tower, a local landmark with spectacular views over the Warwickshire countryside. Grade I-listed St Mary’s is one of the UK’s oldest major churches, and also receives a £20,000 National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant.
The churches receiving Wolfson Fabric Repair Grants in this round are:
- St Peter, Bournemouth, Dorset
- St Nicholas, Warwick
- St Bartholomew, Lostwithiel, Cornwall
- St Mary the Virgin, Lewisham, London
- St Peter in Chains, Ardrossan, North Ayrshire
- St Mary, Warwick
- St Helen, Plungar, Nottinghamshire
- St Andrew, Halton Holegate, Lincolnshire
- All Saints, Annesley, Nottinghamshire
- All Saints, Glemham, Suffolk
- St Laurence, Chorley, Lancashire
- St Michael the Archangel, Litlington, East Sussex
- St Michael, Othery, Somerset
- St Mary the Virgin, Elsing, Norfolk
- Holy Trinity, Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire
- St Anne, Dunbar, East Lothian
- Holy Cross, Binsted, Hampshire
- St Andrew, Curry Rivel, Somerset
- St Giles, Haughton, Staffordshire
- St Helen, Skipwith, North Yorkshire
- Cardonald Parish Church, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.
Find out more about the Wolfson Fabric Repair Grants scheme.
