Thank you National Churches Trust and Northumbria Historic Churches Trust Having successfully raised significant grant money, together with generous parish fundraising , the PCC of Warden with Newbrough refurbished the Saxon tower of the Grade 1 listed St Michael’s Church at Warden in 2014 and replaced timbers and tiling on some roof slopes in 2015. We now have a need to do the same type of roof works to the south pitch of the nave and transept roofs due to timber and slate failure which is beyond patch repair and into which rainwater has been able to penetrate.For the last year, steps have been taken by the PCC to appoint Doonan Architects to inspect, prepare a scheme and seek tenders, while the PCC sought the extra funding needed, over and above the residue of restricted funds held from our 2014/5 fundraising for this church. As this project is a major capital financial undertaking for our small parish, and the current focus for local fundraising is to meet our annual parish costs of running three 3 churches, several grant applications were made. We were rejected by one but successful with two bodies. We sincerely thank National Churches Trust and Northumbria Historic Churches Trust for supporting the project and enabling us to secure the project. Without their aid we could not proceed. The start date for the specialist roofing contractors being on site in late July and it is expected to complete in approx 6 weeks. The project is being supervised by Tristan Spicer of Doonan Architects, Hexham. We have necessary consents and are meetinWhile the project is being carried out there will be services which usually take place at St Michael’s will take place at St Aidan’s, Fourstones as there will be some dust protection measures in place, especially for the organ. It is hoped that the church will be able to be open for public access However safety of visitors will be paramount.
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