This page contains photographs from the Church roof repairs undertaken May to July 2008 at a cost of around 42,000 GBP.

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Replacement of roof slates (60kb)

The work has included the removal of lead in place where a former chimney had been removed. This is before (71kb)

This is after (73kb)

Other work included the replacement of rotten wood in the valleys (86kb)

And hopefully reducing the risk of the new wood rotting be the introduction of vent strips (84kb):

Other works included the refurbishment of the tower downpipe (52kb)

And repairing the copings, removing weeds, repointing and general maintenance. This is a view of the repaired chimney coping (69kb)

Pictures showing the scope of work needed

Scaffold around the tower for downpipe repairs. (110kb)

The Vestry roof valley looking west. The rain from both sides of the roof over the south aisle flows down this. (114kb)