Volunteers from Westbury Church have, as usual, been working away over hot stoves to bring you delicious home-made cakes every Sunday afternoon - it's all worthwhile if you come and join us! After your visit to the historic Gardens, take the short walk through our beautiful churchyard and then enjoy the cool of the church while you sip freshly brewed beverages and choose from a range of individually made cakes.
Westbury Church will be open for visitors over the two Heritage Open day weekends. Our knowledgeable volunteers will be holding tower tours on September 12th, 13th and 19th, 20th. Our historic tower which is Grade 1 listed is only open a few days each year and this is a chance to see a unique and quite remarkable structure. You will be able to listen to an informed talk about the history of the building and visit the upper chamber so that you can view the complex array of timbers which have held the building in place for about 800 years. There is no charge for the guided talk, although you will be invited to donate something to help with the upkeep of the building.After your visit to the tower, you could have a walk round the National Trust Westbury Court Garden next door, before returning to the church to refresh yourself with a drink and a slice of delicious homemade cake, made by our very experienced bakers. There will also be cakes for sale and a produce stall raising funds for our historic building.
On Sunday afternoons during August. Guided tours of our detached tower start on the hour at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and are limited to 15 visitors per tour. Children should be of school age and accompanied by an adult. £5 per person towards church funds
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.
