News
Please see articles below about what's happening in and around our churches
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The photo to the left was taken at St Michael and All Angels Church, Harnhill (see item below!)
News from the Parishes
Major Re-roofing Project - St Michael and All Angels Church, Harnhill
Plans being put together to save the Medieval Church for future generations
The PCC of Harnhill and Driffield have made an application for a 'Faculty' - ecclesiastical planning permission - to undertake a major conservation repair project at Harnhill Church. Proposals include replacing a decaying structural beam in the tower (which is now un-sound); conservation repairs to the medieval bell frame and bells, so they can be chimed once again; re-roofing of the Tower, Porch, Nave and Chancel.
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Plans, specifications, a Statement of Significance and Needs and other information is readily available from the Rector. We have mountains of information!
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We hope that works might be undertaken in 2025 - but before that we need to raise about £200,000 to cover the costs. Our first step is to secure the permission to do the works, so we can show funders that we have all our ducks lined up!
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This wonderful little gem of a church holds weekly services on a Sunday at 10am and on a Wednesday evening at 8.30pm - for a quiet service of Compline or Taize.
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News at Ampney Crucis Church
Preaching Cross and Ancient Tombs - Repairs
The ancient tombs and preaching cross in the churchyard are now in need of conservation works. We have a Conservation Report on these monuments and are seeking grant funding for the works. We have obtained Scheduled Monument Consent from Heritage England for works to the ancient Preaching Cross; and are now seeking a Faculty from the Diocese of Gloucester. We have received a Faculty (permission to do the works) and works started on some of the tombs for which we have funding. There are more to do! A copy of the Conservation Report can be found (click on red 'here') here:
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News at St Mary's Church, Driffield
Window repairs
Two stained-glass windows on the south side of the nave are buckling and need to be repaired. One window - 'The Good Samaritan' - has been cleaned, re-leaded and replaced. It looks great! The window depicting 'The Resurrection' has been taken to the Hereford Workshop of Jim Budd, a professional stained-glass craftsman for conservation repairs. We are very grateful to The Glaziers Trust and The Sabrina Sutherland Trust for grant funding towards this project.
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