Spring Concert

A travelling choral group called Unlimited Voices are coming to sing in the church next Wednesday.  They will have performed in Hereford Cathedral earlier in the day.

This is a free concert, with no need to book. Do please come along for this uplifting experience.

We are very pleased to announce that the final part of our restoration to the inside of the church is now completed.

All restoration work is complete and the scaffolding has been removed, so the church is now safe and fully open for visitors.

We would like to thank you for your patience during the restoration work.

We would also like to thank Oliver Architecture and Jones & Fraser for their outstanding attention to detail and care in this sensitive project.

Latest progress report:

All but the back wall has been limewashed. We are just waiting for the plaster to dry.
The scaffolding is due to come down at the end of the month.

The church is reopening for visitors on 31st October

All the old plaster has now been removed and the scaffolding taken down.  We have decided to leave the walls to dry out over the summer months before replastering and painting in September.

This means that the church is now open again for visitors.
It will remain open until September for work to be completed.

A huge thank you to everyone who has donated through the website so far, which has helped enormously. We have received about half the amount we need to reduce the final cost through grants and donations. We still have to complete the interior, so do please continue donating.

You can donate either in the church, or online using the link below.

THANK YOU!

Click here to Donate

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Kilpeck Church would like to thank the following organisations for their generous support of our restoration appeal:

Here are some more photos of work in progress:

They show the scaffolding erected against the wall between the chancel and apse; now stripped of plaster.

Also, scaffolding has been erected against the back wall above the gallery, with the plaster being stripped.

The walls will then be allowed to dry out, before being painted with limewash.

A huge thank you to everyone who has donated through the website so far, which has helped enormously. We have received about half the amount we need to reduce the final cost through grants and donations. We still have to complete the interior, so do please continue donating.

You can donate either in the church, or online using the link below.

THANK YOU!

Click here to Donate

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Kilpeck Church would like to thank the following organisations for their generous support of our restoration appeal:

The inside of the church will be closed from 9th January until at least the end of the month whilst work on the the interior walls is completed.

If you were planning on visiting the church there is still plenty to see on the outside.

Regular updates on progress will be made.

A huge thank you to everyone who has donated through the website so far, which has helped enormously. We have received about half the amount we need to reduce the final cost through grants and donations. We still have to complete the interior, so do please continue donating.

You can donate either in the church, or online using the link below.

THANK YOU!

Click here to Donate

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Kilpeck Church would like to thank the following organisations for their generous support of our restoration appeal:

The remaining external scaffolding came down this week, and all external work is now complete.
Repairs to damp damage on the internal walls will be postponed until the New Year in order not to interfere with visitor numbers.
The church will have to be closed for a month in January.

We have had the church filled to capacity for three days running at the end of July: Hereford Historic Churches AGM, a service of blessing and a baptism. It’s not often that we achieve this!

A huge thank you to everyone who has donated through the website so far, which has helped enormously. We have received about half the amount we need to reduce the final cost through grants and donations. We still have to complete the interior, so do please continue donating.

You can donate either in the church, or online using the link below.

THANK YOU!

Click here to Donate

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Kilpeck Church would like to thank the following organisations for their generous support of our restoration appeal:

All external work is now completed, with the scaffolding fully removed.

Internal works will not be carried out until the New Year in order not to disrupt visitors, as we will have to close the church.

Read the recent site inspection report by the restoration company, Oliver Architecture:

GENERAL

• External scaffold is being removed, and will be clear on the south and west sides,
  in time for tomorrow’s wedding. The remainder will be removed on Monday.

EXTERNAL REPAIRS

• It was noted that close inspection of the stone tiling shows that the diminishing
  courses have not been properly executed when originally reroofed (1960s?). There
  are short courses at the base, with very large laps and very short laps. The roof
  needs to be monitored but reroofing will be required in due course, perhaps sooner
  than might have been anticipated.
• The west window capitals have new slate caps to protect them from the weather.
• The old slate cap was retained to avoid the potential of damaging the carving.
• There are concrete ridge tiles which are quite brittle. It was agreed to omit the replacement of some of the broken small tiles below the ridge as this will cause more damage to the ridges. A mortar fillet is to be applied to weather this detail.

INTERNAL REPAIRS

• A programme for the internal repairs needs to be prepared, and agreed with the
  PCC, as this will mean the interior is closed.
• The Nave east gable was inspected. It was felt that replastering was not necessary, particularly as the other side is unplastered. FF raised a concern as to the type of paint on the stones, which will need to be explored close to.
• The new rafter and boarding in the Nave south-east corner needs to be stained down.

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