Join us for an evening of music, friendship and Christmas cheer as we celebrate the season and remember a much-loved friend and member of the community Alison Edginton founder member of Westbury Church Friends.Friday 4th December at 7.00pm at Westbury Parish Hall£15Bar open, Raffle for a Christmas Hamper, Tea, CoffeeTickets to be purchased in advance by emailingwestburychurchfriends21@gmail.com
Friday, 5th February 2027, 7pm for 7.30 start. Bingo Cards £2 each. A prize for the winning card.Raffle, free nibbles on the table.Tea, coffee and cake to buy (or bring your own drink).Please call Jo on 07946664514 to reserve a place.In aid of Westbury Church
During the summer work has been carried out on out historic tower. The lime mortar round the base of the tower had been in a very poor state but with the aid of a small grant we were able to employ carringtonLIME to take out the old mortar and repoint it with new. The string course was also repaired. We are delighted with the result, which not only makes the stonework look much better, but also provides a much more effective seal against weather and encroaching water. During the project we were able to involve our local church school who enjoyed creating a time capsule to carefully position in one of the crevices in the stonework, which was then filled with the new lime mortar. The children enjoyed thinking hard about what mementos would reflect life in 2025; nothing very large as the crevice was so small! They were able to try their hand at creating a piece of pargetting, one of which went into the tin. They helped Ben from carringtonLime put the container in place.
We are delighted to be able to announce that our long-running project to re-shingle our 160 feet spire is at last finished. Our church tower and spire are separate from the church, although a similar date. The oak shingles need replacing about every eighty years and this time, when the old ones were removed, extensive problems were uncovered in the timber work of the fourteenth century structure. The local community watched the scaffolding go up, but when it came down the first time, the spire was clad not in oak, but in black plastic as we ran out of money to finish the work. Eventually the scaffolding went up again and, this time, the job was finished and it now stands weathertight and replete with a new weathervane. It was hard to raise the money needed and we are very relieved that the historic building is now safe again.We were fortunate to obtain grants from the HLF, the National Churches Trust, the Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust, the Headley Trust, the Allchurches Trust and the Garfield Weston Foundation. We are extremely grateful for their support.
