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Alderley Edge Methodist Church awarded £323,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and English Heritage
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and English Heritage (EH) have announced a package of grants worth £7 million for essential repairs to Grade II listed places of worship across England. The grants will help to repair 56 historic places of worship which are used by a broad range of faiths. The largest grant of £323,000 has been awarded to Alderley Edge Methodist Church in Cheshire for repairs to the tower and spire.
Alderley Edge Methodist Church was built by Healy and Son and completed in 1863. The clock in the tower, installed in 1850 by Mr Roberts, a clockmaker from Lancashire, is said to be one of only three ever made entirely from cast iron. A grant of £323,000 will fund repairs to the tower and spire. There are significant problems with corroding ironwork and splitting masonry. Full scaffolding will be needed to carry out the repairs, which will involve dismantling part of the spire and rebuilding it using stainless steel cramps and cross trees.
Since 2002 more than £156m in essential repair grants has been awarded to almost 1,700 projects in historic places of worship through the joint Heritage Lottery Fund and English Heritage Repair Grants for Places of Worship scheme, which is the largest single funding source for work of this kind. In total this year the scheme has given £22.9m to 206 listed Places of Worship.
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A full list of funded places of worship can be found on the English Heritage Website
Alderley Edge Methodist Church