Eleven churches affected by recent floods have been awarded funding by DCMS and the Churches Conservation Trust to help with essential repairs
DCMS writes:
The funding will go to those areas worst hit from Dorset and Devon in the South West to Norwich and East Bradenham in the East of England, including:
- St George’s, Dorset
- All Saints, Nether Cerne, Dorset
- Holy Trinity, Torbryan, Devon
- St Martin’s, Lincolnshire
- St George, Goltho, Lincolnshire
- St Andrew, Hove, Brighton
- St Nicholas, Feltwell, Norfolk
- St Augustine, Norwich, Norfolk
- St Mary, East Bradenham, Norfolk
- St Thomas, Bristol
- All Saints, Shorncote, Gloucestershire
Crispin Truman, chief executive, The Churches Conservation Trust said: ‘Inevitably the recent extreme weather has hit a number of our historic churches around the country with issues from serious flooding and water ingress to wind damage causing holes to appear in church roofs. As a charity these unexpected urgent repairs create a financial burden so we are extremely grateful to be receiving emergency funding from the Department for Culture Media and Sport in order to help us repair the damage quickly’
