The task of restoring and maintaining a 600-year-old, Grade 1 listed church is not insignificant, both in terms of money and resources. By 2015, rainwater was pouring in so vigorously through a decaying roof it was causing real damage to the interior walls and monuments. Thanks to a small village team established as a steering group, and with financial help from the Heritage Lottery Fund and other grant funders, a restoration project was launched and by 2018 the roof and other deteriorating items were repaired.
Unfortunately, that is not the end of the story, and there are still major challenges ahead if All Saints’ is to remain a viable place of worship and community asset. A new programme of work is underway to address a number of issues, including:
Funds raised by the Friends of All Saints Bolton Percy (Charity no. 504363) go toward Church building fabric repairs. If you would like to make a contribution towards this work, you can make a donation to the Friends of All Saints using the donate button below.
Your support will help to preserve the rich heritage of the church, of which the parishioners and members of the Bolton Percy village community are very proud. It will also benefit all those who visit our beautiful church, which includes various historical, architectural and other societies.
If you wish to support the daily upkeep of All Saints' Bolton Percy, you can also donate to the PCC via their Give A Little donation page. Thank you.
To learn more about the restoration work carried out in recent years, please browse the updates below, which we will continue to add to in due course.
The weather since the start of the project has been kind. In April both North and South roofs were repaired and re-felted. Work then turned toward re-tiling the South roof :-
Work commences !!!! The Contractors arrived on site 27th February 2017 as planned. Here are a few photos taken in March 2017 showing how the work progressed:-
You will doubtless be aware that for some time now we have been planning extensive re-roofing works to All Saints, Church. The works are due to start on Monday 27 February and are expected to continue until at least 14 June. For the duration of the works the north and…
It’s been over three years in gestation but slowly and surely we are making progress with the roof project with the works currently scheduled to be undertaken between February and June this year. Business As Usual Following the award of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant in September last year…
Promoting All Saints' Church at Hornington Manor Wedding Fayre on Sunday 23 October 2016, and publicizing the Heritage Lottery Fund grant which we have recently been awarded. Whatever happened to our sun dial? The more observant among you may have noticed that where there was once a sun dial in the…
Where is the money coming from to replace the tower and nave roof tiles? The Heritage Lottery Grant of £181,100 represents 65% of the projected total cost of £279,213. The remaining funds will be met by: The Friends of All Saints’ generous offer of £50,000. Reclaiming VAT from the Government…
Second Round Grant Application Having resolved the choice of tiles we were able then to firm up on contractors’ prices all of which fall within our original budget. We have also submitted our second round grant application to HLF; the approval process takes approximately 3 months to complete and we can…
The second round bid is currently being worked on and is due for submission to the Heritage Lottery fund by the end of June 2016.PPIY Architects are acting on our behalf.The Delivery Phase is now complete and we have chosen our roofing contractor. But, we have a dilemma.... should we…