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MARCH 2020
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Save the heart of Sudbury The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) and the Friends of St Peter’s (FoSP) are working to save Sudbury’s historic St Peter’s church and give it a new lease of life by launching a crowdfunding appeal to raise £20,000 in 8 weeks. The Grade I listed church has stood at the heart of community life in Sudbury, Suffolk since the 14th century and has been in the care of CCT since 1976. Sadly St Peter’s is deteriorating to a point where the long term use of the building is uncertain. The roof of the church is leaking and urgent, expensive repair work is needed to make the building watertight.
The public appeal now needs to raise a further £20,000 in the next 8 weeks to have a chance of unlocking £1.6 million of additional backing from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF). It is hoped a new crowd-funding campaign entitled ‘Save the heart of Sudbury’ will help get the appeal over the line. Former Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman (1906 – 1984) who was a great lover of churches, said of St Peter’s, when it was saved in 1976: “This is very great news that St Peter’s is saved. You have thereby kept Sudbury as an identity. Without the town would be half alive because in East Anglia church towers are the hearts of the landscape. Silent
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Appeal to save Sudbury landmark from the ravages of time
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