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The project started with repairs to the roof of the nave and vestry

Before the project

Scaffolding goes up

Stripping the roof

Sorting old slates

Damaged timbers

New timber section

Dressing slates

Laying the new slates

Internal work started in May 2020: removing rotted pew platforms and laying stone to the exposed floor areas.

Rotten pew platforms

Pews were removed

Platforms removed and floor dug out

Floor dug out to 1 metre

The children got involved...

... adding a time capsule

Limecrete insulation

Top layer of lining before scree

Ancaster Limestone laid

Meanwhile, volunteers started restoring the fixtures and furnishings

Lectern pre restoration

Lectern detail

After restoration

Pulpit lectern pre restoration

.... after cleaning

Before and after wood treatment

Official launch of the Thistleton Heritage Project in July 2021

Socially distanced guests

FOTC Chair welcomes guests

Introducing the project

Lord Lieutenant of Rutland

...receiving her bouquet

Some of the displays

Meeting the volunteers

Thistleton Church heritage project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund