Judith Anne Ayers

Judith's Virtual open garden

Fundraising for St Sampson's Church, South Hill, Cornwall, St Sampson's Unlocked project,
£245
raised of £300 target
Virtual open garden, 14 May 2020
The project will make the grade 1 listed Church warm, dry and draught free with a toilet and kitchen. The community will be able to use the building and enjoy this wonderful serene place, learning about the amazing heritage and keep it open for all.

Story

A mains water supply and path lighting is soon to be installed when building restrictions are lifted. This is thanks to fund raising last year. We now need to fix the windows. This will greatly help in keeping out the damp and draughts, making it a warmer drier place for all the people using the building. Permission and quotes are now in place  all we need is the funding costing £60,000.  Due to the pandemic most of this years fundraising will be cancelled and some big funding bodies have stopped their normal grant programmes. I was going to open my garden, but instead here are some photos of my fabulous garden. If you enjoy them please give a donation.

Further work is planned to make the church warm and dry and install a toilet and a kitchen. 

Share this story

Help Judith Anne Ayers

Sharing this page with your friends could help raise up to 3x more in donations

You can also help by sharing this link on

About the campaign

The project will make the grade 1 listed Church warm, dry and draught free with a toilet and kitchen. The community will be able to use the building and enjoy this wonderful serene place, learning about the amazing heritage and keep it open for all.

About the charity

St Sampson's Church is an amazing building in the small rural parish of South Hill. It holds a special place in the lives of many people and is in need of repairs and improvements The St Sampson's Unlocked project will preserve the heritage of the building and that of South Hill community, by making the building warm , dry , draught free and adding toilet and kitchen facilities. We want the community to use this building for many activities and events. It is a medieval grade 1 listed and has a wealth of fascinating history. There has been a Christian presence here for over a 1000 years. There is a memorial stone dated 500 AD. It is thought probable that St Sampson built a monastery here and Bishop Trelawny was rector here. Please help to keep this church thriving into the future.

Donation summary

Total raised
£245.00
+ £53.75 Gift Aid
Online donations
£245.00
Offline donations
£0.00

* Charities pay a small fee for our service. Find out how much it is and what we do for it.