Our Projects
Here are some of the recent projects we have supported to preserve and maintain church buildings or improve and enhance church facilities.
Wethersfield, St. Mary Magdalene
Roof repairs and internal decoration
Our church, St Mary Magdalene, sits in a central spot within the North Essex village of Wethersfield. It also plays a central role in the life of the village; we are open daily, and...
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St John's Stratford E15
New nave ceiling
A large section of the nave ceiling fell down at St John's in Stratford in the spring of 2018. We responded with a grant of £12,500. Six months after the collapse, the restoration work...
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All Saints Great Braxted, Essex
repairs to shingled spire & belfry
All Saints Church at Great Braxted has been celebrating the completion of major repairs to its shingled spire and belfry, funded by grants from the Friends of Essex Churches Trust and the Heritage Lottery...
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St John's Buckhurst Hill
Under floor heating installed
St John’s was built as a chapel of ease to St Mary the Virgin, Chigwell, in 1837. Buckhurst Hill became a separate ecclesiastical district the following year and the living was declared a rectory...
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St Peter, Great Totham, Maldon
Roofs retiled, spire reshingled, weathervane regilded
In 2012, St Peter’s underwent a major programme of repairs as the roofs were retiled, the spire reshingled, and the weathervane regilded. The Friends were able to contribute £10,000 towards the total cost of...
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