The Friends of St Mary's Church, Newport, Essex
Supporting St. Mary the Virgin, Newport since 2000
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2020 Quinquennial Review & Decorating Fund
Estimates are net of recoverable VAT and include professional fees
Clerestory windows
and masonry project 92,531
Tower roof repairs 30,000
Plaster repair and redecorate
whole church 108,600
South transept roof 23,000
Nave and transept gutters 7,475
Walls maintenance - external 10,545
Wall repairs - internal 22,425
Chancel Damp work 8,625
Belfry 20,010
Gutters and drainage 450
Tower rainwater goods 3,392
Other windows 14,834
Monuments and tombs 3,105
South porch 1,380
Other items - approx 3,658
Grand Total £354,000
It won’t be possible to do the decorating until high level work, for example on the clerestory Tudor windows, is done and the damp sorted out. A windows project is in hand and substantial funding raised
After that the decorating and plaster repairs can be done in phases as the funds are raised. So the church has started a decoration fund to raise money over several years, which is being administered by The Friends.
Other restoration work on the church can be supported by grants but pure decorating cannot. And there is no VAT recovery.
As at August 2020 the Decorating fund was £21,160
We need to raise about £354,000 based on the architect's estimates.
For the repair and conservation of the Victorian glass and Tudor stonework nave clerestory windows the cost shown is as tendered and costed
