St Mary the Virgin

Restoration Works

Over the last few years a lot of repair as well as routine maintenance work has taken place at Wenden church.

Our current project is to make the church more accessible.  This means creating a community space with an accessible toilet and servery that can be used by residents and others for a wide range of activities throughout the week.  It also means making the paths to the church porch easier for everyone to use.

In 2017 the church opened the Memorial Garden with a place for cremated remains and a new centennial war memorial.

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Church Tower 2018

In 2018 the church tower was shrouded in scaffolding to enable work to the roof of the tower to be carried out.  The overall cost of the tower work and the associated heritage project was close to £90,000.  The east gate was also replaced.

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Window & Lights 2019

In 2019  one clear window in the north aisle and the main double gate to the church yard were repaired.  It was also the year that the church received funding from the Oktoberfest committee to install LED floodlighting.

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Alarm System 2020

In 2020 a modern roof alarm system was installed as a requirement of the church insurers, because lead theft from churches is a national problem.

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Pew Heating 2021

In 2021 the church installed under pew heating to pews in the main church. This was followed by under pew heating in the choir stalls.

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Roof Repairs 2022

In 2022 the church undertook repairs that had been postponed during the closure of churches during Covid.  These included repairs to roof tiles and guttering on the north and south sides of the church.  The join between the north aisle and the main church was cleared and new lead flashing installed.