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Scaffolding erected to enable the Collyweston roof to be replaced
Stripping the roof
Rotten timbers
Section of new roof timbers
Dressing the Collyweston slate
Laying the slate
Wooden pew platform boards and joists had rotted due to historic water ingress
Church nave after removing the pews
Rotted pew platforms and rubble base excavated
Foundations were dug down 50cm
The base was lined and filled with 30cm of limecrete insulation
Ancaster weatherbed limestone slabs were laid on top of a scree base
Volunteers carried out cleaning and restoration of church contents. This photograph shows the differernce between an un-renovated chair and a renovated one by simply applying wood oil and polishing.
Much of the decorative metalwork had corroded. This shows a section of the reading lectern before renovation and the completed lectern to the right.
Thistleton Church heritage project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund