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.
An open meeting was held for all Bolton Percy villagers to update them on progress. The below is a resume of the meeting. TURNING DREAMS INTO REALITY - COMMUNITY CONSULTATION21 October 2015, 7pmAn open meeting for all BOLTON PERCY villagers The Committee updated everyone on progress regarding the nave and…
An update to parishioners... ALL SAINTS, BOLTON PERCY TURNING DREAMS INTO REALITYThe Dream Lives On… Our church desperately needed a new roof but we had nowhere near the massive funds required to match costs of re-roofing. So we dared to dream. And since then, like all dreamers, we’ve been riding…
Updated news on the bid to fund the church roof: Our second bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund, Places of Worship scheme, under the heading 'Doomsday village with leaking 15th Century Church seeks urgent 21st Century makeover' has been successful. We were delighted to hear that All Saints' Church Bolton…
TURNING DREAMS INTO REALITY - 600 years and still counting I’ll always remember my first encounter with All Saints’ Church, Bolton Percy. It was within days of my moving into the village and it has held me in its thrall ever since. I had decided to take a stroll around the…
As part of our bid to raise the funds to help save the roof, we recorded our version of 'Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head' and sang it loud and proud on BBC Radio York. We had hoped to get permission to use our version to raise funds but sadly…