Important Announcement regarding the Restoration Work
We are delighted to tell you that work is due to commence on the church on 14 July 2025. This work will include addressing the issues with the porch by strengthening and underpinning the foundations, partially rebuilding, and inserting helibars to tie the structure to the main building; re-roofing the tower and repairing the pinnacles; and various structural repairs around the building. Work is expected to take around ten weeks.
Please note that the church will remain open for Sunday services but will not be open daily for visitors and private prayer for the duration of the works. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
We are hugely thankful to all who have supported us to make this possible and for small grants from Withernwick Wind Farm Community Fund, The Benefact Trust and Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust. We also received a small foundation grant from the National Churches Trust towards the cost of the initial measured surveys, though we were unsuccessful in our applications to their Large Grants programme for help with the repairs.
The above work marks the first phase of our planned restoration and re-ordering works; our fundraising will continue towards the next phase(s) which aim to install a toilet and servery area, with improvements to the heating and lighting, and replacement of the nave roof. Your ongoing support in this will be very much appreciated.