Recent grants
During 2010/11 the Trust has allocated 22 grants to churches and chapels across Nottinghamshire, totalling £34,700. Three grants were to Methodist churches and chapels with the remainder to Anglican churches. This tends to reflect the distribution and age of ecclesiastical buildings in the county.
Changes to regulations in 2009 have resulted in the loss of the block grant funding from Waste Recycling Environmental (WREN) to all County Churches Trusts and this has impacted on the level of support we have been able to provide. Although this resource has now ceased, we have been able to utilise the balance of Landfill Communities Funds from previous years by making awards to four churches. On a more positive note, the Nottinghamshire Historic Churches Trust has been successful in entering a new Partnership Grants Programme operated by the National Churches Trust with an agreed annual grant of £20,000 to be awarded directly to individual churches, based on our recommendations. The programme is best suited for grants towards necessary structural repairs projects and during the first three months of 2011, two churches have already benefitted.
It is well known that scrap lead prices are currently commanding extremely high prices and many of our Nottinghamshire churches, in spite of preventative measures, have fallen victim to lead theft. The majority of requests for support during the financial year were for essential repairs to roofs, including the replacement of stolen lead roofing with terne-coated stainless steel which is more resistant to theft due to its method of fixing. It is to be hoped that utilising the lead alternative will enable our churches and chapels to remain watertight for many years to come. Other applications have been fairly evenly distributed across a range of projects, with a very small number being rejected as they fell outside the Trust's rules of eligibility.
Graeme Renton
Chairman of the Grants Sub-Committee
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Breakdown of Grants by Age of Church/Chapel |
Breakdown of Grants by Repair Types |
AWARDS (Total £34,700)
Barton-in-Fabis, St George's (Anglican; medieval; Grade I listed)
Re-bedding and re-pointing of stone wall-plate to north and south nave walls
Barton-in-Fabis, St George's (Anglican; medieval; Grade I listed)
Replacement of arch stone to western-most window of north aisle
Bilborough, St Martin of Tours (Anglican; medieval; Grade II* listed)
Repairs to tower, internal plaster and electrics
Bulwell, St John the Divine (Anglican; C19th; Grade II listed)
Restoration of historic organ console
Clayworth, St Peter's (Anglican; medieval; Grade I listed)
Floor repairs and re-instatement of original font
Cossall, St Catherine's (Anglican; medieval; Grade II* listed)
Replacement of stolen roof lead with terne-coated stainless steel
Eakring, St Andrew's (Anglican; medieval; Grade II* listed)
Installation of historic bell
Eastwood, St Mary's (Anglican; C20th)
Roof repairs
Elston Methodist Church (Methodist; C19th)
Replacement heating system
Greasley, St Mary's (Anglican; medieval; Grade II listed)
Replacement of stolen roof lead with terne-coated stainless steel
Harworth, All Saints (Anglican; medieval; Grade II listed)
Re-installation of vandalised rainwater fall pipes
Lenton Abbey, St Barnabas (Anglican; C20th)
Repairs to roof and rainwater goods
Newark, Barnbygate Methodist Church (Methodist; C19th; Grade II listed)
Window repairs and replacement of anti-vandal grilles protecting stained glass windows
Newark, St Mary Magdalene (Anglican; medieval; Grade I listed)
Urgent high level fabric repairs to spire and return of C18th 'Golden Cockerel' weathervane
North Clifton (Newark), St George the Martyr (Anglican; medieval; Grade II* listed)
Roof repairs (including replacement of stolen roof lead with terne-coated stainless steel)
Owthorpe, St Margaret's (Anglican; C17th; Grade II* listed)
Restoration and repair of tower
Rainworth Methodist Church (Methodist; C20th)
Replacement heating boiler
Selston, St Helen's (Anglican; medieval; Grade II* listed)
Replacement of stolen roof lead with terne-coated stainless steel
Stokeham, St Peter's (Anglican; medieval; Grade II* listed)
Installation of 6 window roundels
Teversal, St Katherine's (Anglican; medieval; Grade I listed)
Replacement of wooden Sanctuary floor and repairs to north aisle wall and dado panelling
Underwood, St Michael and All Angels (Anglican; C19th; Grade II listed)
Replacement gates
West Bridgford, St Giles (Anglican; medieval; Grade II listed)
Installation of access ramp and conversion of vestry toilet for disabled use
St George's Church, Barton-in-Fabis.