Kit Malthouse, conservative candidate for North West Hampshire, has welcomed today’s announcement of significant grant funding for repairs to three churches in the constituency.
All Saints in Deane, St Nicholas’s in Fyfield and St Peter’s in Hurstbourne Tarrant will receive over £87,000 between them for work which will also help to prevent further damage to these buildings, ensuring they are preserved for generations to come.
Kit Malthouse said: “This funding is fantastic news and comes on top of £500,000 announced for Winchester Cathedral last year. All three of these churches are an important part of our community and this money will make sure they remain so for many years to come.”
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said: “Churches and Cathedrals are a unique part of our national heritage, and play a vital role in community life – we want to support them, and thanks to our long-term economic plan, we can. Whether it’s our country’s future or these important buildings, the sun is shining and we’re starting to fix the roof.”
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Notes to Editors
· 55 Anglican and Catholic Catherdrals in England, and 42 churches in Scotland have been awarded funding from the First World War Centenary Cathedral repair fund. This £20 million fund was announced in Budget 2014 (HM Treasury press release, 26 March 2015, link).
· This is on top of the £55 million Listed Places of Worship Roof Repair Fund – which is today benefitting 502 UK churches. Funding from the Listed Place of Worship Rood Repair Fund has also been announced (HM Treasury press release, 26 March 2015, link).
Churches in receipt of this grant in North West Hants are:
South East
All Saints Church, Deane, Hampshire
PCC of All Saints Church Deane
Hampshire
RG25 3AR
Award grant of £23,200 (83%)
South East
St Nicholas Church, Andover
Fyfield Parochial Church Council
Hampshire
SP11 8EL
Award grant of £44,000 (65%)
South East
St Peter’s Church, Hurstbourne Tarrant
Parochial Church Council (PCC)
Hampshire
SP11 0AX
Award grant of £20,000 (42%)
Picture of Deane Church courtesy of Angus Kirk https://www.flickr.com/photos/anguskirk/sets/72157606346217711/