About ALL SAINTS' TOWER RIDGE BEAM APPEAL
The Friends of All Saints finds the funds to repair, maintain and improve the ancient church of All Saints’ Brightlingsea which includes a Tudor Tower, the largest church yard in southern England, unique memorial tiles to local sailors and a host of other heritage items. In earlier times before modern navigational aids, a riding light was lit on top of the tower to guide sailors on stormy nights, and even today there are strong links with the Thames Estuary and south coast ports. We are currently undertaking an ambitious programme to make the church more user-friendly, but recent repairs to the church tower have revealed terrible decay in the centuries old oak timber beam. We tried first of all to patch it and save some of the very old parts but now we discover we have no option but to renew the beam by installing and laminating together six new timber boards. Added cost of timber, labour & time delays mean we have to find £70,000 more than we had budgeted for – we are desperately trying to raise this amount by appealing to all our supporters and funders. We are eager to press on with our project to develop a Heritage Activity Programme that features arts & crafts, History & heritage and the natural environment and will make the most of our maritime connections with the sea, Cinq Ports and Tudor England. Local fund-raising is ongoing but we need to encourage generous donations from one and all to save our iconic landmark.
https://friendsofallsaintsbrightlingsea.com
e.fosssmith@btinternet.com
ALL SAINTS' TOWER RIDGE BEAM APPEAL Registered charity number 260143
