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Parish Refurbishment. A message from Monsignor Tormey.
This would be a rough outline of the works:
Alongside this work I would like to initiate a new church organ fund: to install a two manual and pedal digital organ to replace the existing organ which is in need of extensive repair.
We have not yet had final estimates for this work but we are probably looking at a two to three-year project, and it looks like the cost will be at least £800,000. We have about £400,000 saved for this project already, thanks to Canon Balmer and parishioners of St John’s. The Diocese will be able to assist us with a loan as the works progress, which we will pay back in an agreed time scale. To this end we will begin a fundraising drive to meet the cost of this project, probably over a five-year period.
We are hoping the first phase will go out to tender once final reports on some existing investigative work has been concluded. The first phase will begin in the spring. We will not have to move into the hall this year as we originally expected, but sometime next year. First communions however will take place as agreed on the two Saturdays of May.
This would be a rough outline of the works:
- Outside wind and water tight work on walls, roof and gutters, including lower flat roofs
- Stripping of plaster where necessary and drying out of inside walls, repair of windows, and installation of new heating system, to assist the extensive damp in the walls.
- Decoration of interior with improvements to colour scheme, lighting, windows, doors and flooring.
Alongside this work I would like to initiate a new church organ fund: to install a two manual and pedal digital organ to replace the existing organ which is in need of extensive repair.
We have not yet had final estimates for this work but we are probably looking at a two to three-year project, and it looks like the cost will be at least £800,000. We have about £400,000 saved for this project already, thanks to Canon Balmer and parishioners of St John’s. The Diocese will be able to assist us with a loan as the works progress, which we will pay back in an agreed time scale. To this end we will begin a fundraising drive to meet the cost of this project, probably over a five-year period.
We are hoping the first phase will go out to tender once final reports on some existing investigative work has been concluded. The first phase will begin in the spring. We will not have to move into the hall this year as we originally expected, but sometime next year. First communions however will take place as agreed on the two Saturdays of May.