Donors thanked as £40K Midhurst church repairs near the end

Works have been taking place at The church of St. Mary Magdalene and St. Denys in Church Hill for past few weeks and are set to finish soon and included roof repairs, touch-ups to the tower and a servicing of the steeple.

The extensive works have come at a cost of £40,000 to church and grant funding was unavailable and so the money was sourced by the Friends of Midhurst Parish Church.

Those who helped the church raise those vital funds have been thanked in a statement posted this week in which a spokesperson for the church said: “The building works ongoing at the Church for the last few weeks are close to completion. The works involved extensive roofing repairs to make the church watertight, stonework and pointing to fix crumbling masonry which presented a health and safety hazard and repairs to the tower and steeple.

“The whole project has cost £40,000 for which we were unable to obtain grant funding. As our reserves previously set aside for building works were insufficient to cover this cost, completion of the project has only been made possible by monies raised by the Friends of Midhurst Parish Church.

“The one certainty where old and listed buildings are concerned is that further extensive repairs and maintenance become necessary from time to time, highlighting the importance to us of ongoing fundraising. Our thanks to all those who have helped make these works possible.”