Warwick's iconic St Mary's Church gets much-needed funding to help complete restoration work
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Warwick's iconic St Mary's Church has got a much-needed funding boost to help complete the ongoing restoration work.
Thanks to a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the church now has the funds for the restoration of the tower.
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Hide AdThe urgent need for the repairs, costing £1.4million, became apparent after a piece of masonry fell from the tower into the street in 2021.
At the end of a fundraising campaign lasting more than a year, the outgoing Vicar, Vaughan Roberts and the churchwardens received close to £250,000, allowing them to start the conservation work, repairing the stonework and masonry.
Scaffolding is now up to the top of the tower and as of early March contractors and conservation specialists will start repairing the stonework, windows, turrets and heraldic shields.
This has been a team effort with contributions from individual donors, local authorities, Warwick Town and District Councils, King Henry VIII Endowed Trust, National Churches Trust, Benefact Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, a range of local and national charitable funders, and St Mary’s Church itself.
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Hide AdEveryone at St Mary’s Church has said that they have been impressed by the way Warwick has pulled together in an effort to preserve its much-loved tower.