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Roof finished in record time and at a very high standard |
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We reached a very proud moment on Tuesday morning 24th August 2010, when Laszlo and I met with Alan Burden the Architect and Paul Sweeting from Traditional Leadwork and Roofing Ltd. We have now officially reached a stage of ‘Practical Completion’ on the roofing project!!
 What this means, (apologies to those of you that understand all of this jargon) is that our Architect, the contractor and us as clients, have agreed that the re-roofing of St. John’s, has been carried out properly, in budget and to a very high standard of workmanship. We have also received all the necessary certification and Health & Safety documentation.
What follows now is a period of six months where the roof is left to settle down, this is called the defects liability period. After this six months period has elapsed, the final percentage of money is released to the contractor, assuming we find no defects within that time and that is the full completion of the re-roofing works to the main historic part of our incredible church building over. I can’t wait for the celebratory service to mark this event on Sunday 17th Oct at 6 pm. I attach these 2 photos as start and finishing pictures of the work carried out. I don’t know about you, but we on the fabric committee are so pleased not to see running water cascading down the inside of the building anymore! We still have the bell pull mechanism to sort out and we are very lucky to have Lewis and the rest of the Fabric team, trying to get this fairly technical and fiddly piece of work resolved. Many local and major contractors no longer have the skills or expertise to mend this type of historic, bell pull system, don’t worry Steve it wasn’t your fault and ‘Bell Pull Mark 2’ is underway!!
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Work continues to go well on the re-tiling of the main roof. We have been particularly pleased with the blend of tiles chosen by the Architect and extremely happy with the excellent workmanship that Traditional Leadwork and Roofing Ltd have been creating on the project. Here are a selection of the latest photos from the work taken over the past few weeks.
Stone and re-pointing work on the Bell Tower near to being completed 
North side tiling well on with the contrast of the old Vestry roof in the foreground, which will be tackled soon.
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The work on the roof has been completed ahead of schedule. The scaffolding is down and the church is back to normal. Thanks to Paul Sweeting for the great work and to Alan Burden our architect for overseeing the work. Thanks also to Laszlo Gyenes and Mike Thackray who have worked tirelessly towards the successful completion of the project. |
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For 136 years the residents of Crowthorne have worshipped in the Parish Church, attended baptisms, weddings and funerals, special services such as on Remembrance Sunday, and many others have been buried in its churchyard. Following such exceptional service the church is now in need of urgent repair and renovation, so we are starting fund raising activities and seek your HELP. Crowthorne’s Parish Church was consecrated in 1873 and was designed by the famous architect Arthur Blomfield, one of the most active and most successful church architects of late Victorian England. It has many notable features including:
- The Nave which seats c.250
- An outstanding and unique East Window installed in 1894
- A carved oak pulpit dedicated with the Choir Stalls at Easter 1890
- The Baptistry and the Font
- Churchyard Cross and Lych Gate 1913 war memorial
- The Seven Sanctuary Lamps installed in 1923
- The Church Hall added in 1969 As with any old, but much loved building, it is in need of repair.
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