A 25-year VAT relief scheme to help churches fund repairs and conservation work is under threat, it has emerged. The LPWGS (Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme) enables the VAT on conservation work to be reclaimed, which has been invaluable … Continued
Great news for one of Norfolk’s finest round tower churches. A five-year campaign by local people and the community has secured a grant of £631,462 to repair St Peter’s Church, Forncett from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. When a group … Continued
Thieves have struck at one of the seven round tower churches in Essex stealing about £7,000 of scaffolding. They even brought their own ladders to remove the upper tiers of the scaffolding around the round tower of St Nicholas of … Continued
Welcome to the latest edition of The Round Tower. The June edition of the 32-page full colour magazine includes features – a double-page spread on the dedication of the new Coronation Gates at Burnham Norton Church Four cyclists tackling a … Continued
A royal message of appreciation from The King for the restoration work on the fire-ravaged church at Beachamwell was applauded at a village celebration. St Mary’s Church, which was virtually destroyed by fire in February 2022, has been re-thatched and … Continued
A year of golden jubilee celebrations for the Round Tower Churches Society was crowned by a renewal of royal patronage. His Majesty The King had agreed to retain the Patronage of the Society, it was announced at the 50th annual … Continued
One of the 38 round tower churches in Suffolk was featured on BBC Radio 4’s Bells on Sunday programme. The two-minute recording of the bells of St Andrew, Wissett, near Halesworth, was broadcast at 5.43am on Sunday, May 12. A … Continued
A central Norfolk round tower church is looking to raise £10,000 to replace near-antique lighting pendants. In 1927, St Margaret, Worthing, installed three pendant heaters, which have failed. Celia Daniels, churchwarden, said that these most unusual fittings no longer worked … Continued
Two major grant awards have helped to bridge a major funding shortfall for re-thatching of a north Norfolk church. The thatched roof at St Lawrence, Ingworth, near Aylsham, St Lawrence, needs urgent replacement and already water, which is coming through … Continued
Welcome to the latest edition of The Round Tower, the Society’s 32-page full colour quarterly magazine. An increasing number of members have opted to take the e-edition, which has the added advantage of saving postage for the Round Tower Churches … Continued