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St. Giles' Church Shipbourne The parish church of St Giles' Church, Shipbourne is situated on the west side of Shipbourne Common. The present church was built by Sir Edward Cazalet of Fairlawne and opened for worship in 1881. Details of services are set out below, showing whether the service is in Shipbourne Church or in the neighbouring parish of Plaxtol.
Evening office, a short service, takes place every Thursday at 4.45pm Playchurch Choral evensong takes place at 6pm in either Shipbourne or Plaxtol on the fifth Sunday of any month. The Annual Parochial Church Meeting
will take place at 8.00pm on Wednesday 23 April 2008 in St Giles,
Shipbourne. Shipbourne Rector Andrew Proctor is the Rector of Shipbourne with Plaxtol. He was installed
as Rector at a service of induction on 20 September 2007.
Governance Churchwardens:
Mr John Boyd (810750) email:
johnboydqq@yahoo.co.uk
PCC Secretary: Mrs Mary Perry (810797)
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St Giles Shipbourne Restoration Appeal The church launches an appeal for funds for urgent repairs to the Tower and nave roof of St Giles Church
St Giles Church has been standing for 125 years but the structure is showing its age. When the church was inspected by the architect in 2005, she found that the nave roof was worn out, the roof of the Tower was leaking, causing rot in the timbers supporting the roof, and some of the stonework was badly damaged after being exposed to the weather for more than a century. The advice was that we couldn't patch it up any longer: the roofs need to be renewed. Fund raising started straight away. The Church applied to English Heritage for a grant out of Lottery funds and we were delighted when they offered a substantial grant towards the cost of the repair work. This enabled us to do exploratory work in the summer of 2007. This revealed that the Tower roof was in a much worse state than had been thought and added to the urgency of the project. We are hoping that we can do the repairs in the summer of 2008, but first English Heritage have to confirm the grant. The work will involve erecting scaffolding inside and outside the tower and on the roof so that the work can be done safely. The existing tiles will be stripped off and replaced and the heavy roof timbers and leadwork will be repaired where necessary to make St Giles watertight and ready for the next 125 years. Fund raising continues. We have applied for funds to various grant making trusts and some have already made generous contributions. We are grateful to all those individuals who have generously supported the Appeal. However currently we still need some £43,000 by the end of June 2008, to enable us to fund all the urgent high level works. You can contribute by sending a cheque, payable to St Giles Church Shipbourne, to the Treasurer, John Browne at 66 Old Hadlow Road, Tonbridge Kent TN10 4EX Do support the parish's fund raising efforts. For example, do you have a copy of the Shipbourne Cookery Book? It is on sale for £10 and copies can be obtained from the Farmers Market or from Sue Lee on 01732 810556. |
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