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Community News
February 2017
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Major work to repair the roof to the Deanery Tower for which the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich have responsibility, was carried out in 2016. As we start 2017 St Mary’s Church will see again scaffolding going up as work to the ground floor windows and stonework surrounds gets under way. This first stage of a major programme has been made possible because of an anonymous donation to the Friends of St Mary’s Church. “Renewal of St Mary’s for a better Hadleigh” is the headline for what will be a rolling programme of work to bring this ancient medieval building into the twenty-first century. Roofs and floors are in urgent need of major work and the heating, lighting, toilets and kitchen facilities all require renewing. As the largest building at the centre of the community of Hadleigh, as well as being a place for worship and prayer it is frequently used by groups like HADS for their pantomime production, the Porch Project, the annual Art Exhibition, the Hadleigh Choral Society concerts, etc. All our community partners who chose to use the church building deserve modern facilities. The Church Council have commissioned a team under the leadership of the church wardens and they have recently appointed Freeland Rees Roberts Architects of Cambridge to draw up plans and put together a programme of work which will take place over the next few years. Funds will have to be raised and grants applied for, to help cover the large cost of this type of work but we know that unless we do it now we are in danger of losing this asset for the town. This wonderful building belongs not to the State nor to the Church of England but to us all. If you have any questions please contact Lesley Turner or James Wilding through the church office: tel 01473 527499 email: office@stmaryshadleigh.co.uk
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