Link for St Peter and St Paul Chucrh Pettistree
Please note that while the Pettistree Church undergoes repair work all services will take place in the nearby village hall
A few pictures to show what is happening after week 2
Note the five crosses to the bottom right of this picture
And a further update after week 3
All the plaster has now been removed from the second lift at the top of the Nave and a start made on the next level down, the West door has had a second skin fitted with a lock to allow access to the ringing chamber while work continues inside the church, the old ceiling of the Parish Room has been removed and replaced with new plasterboard awaiting a plaster skim and a thick layer of rockwool insulation and no bell ringers are left in this container overnight.........
A quieter week as a lot of the team were off on Easter break but progress continues with the plaster removal in the nave, the alarming fissures in the corners of the upper walls have been carefully refilled with flint and lime mortar and the floor in the Parish Room is receiving new wall plates and replacement sections of floor joists where they have rotted in to the brick walls.
Now at week 5
Week five has seen the continued removal of the existing plaster which is now nearly completed, a brickwork wall revealed from behind the plaster on the old north door, in the parish room the new floor joists are in, the old ones have been sprayed for bugs and rot etc and the whole area is now level and awaiting the new floorboards, two additional air-brick holes have been made and in the process it was discovered that the parish room does indeed have a slate damp proof course in the brickwork.
Week 6 May 5th, 2025 and Martin pinched an extract from some of the notes and items arising from a site visit made on May 7th by the main contractor
1- Render removal will be completed by Friday.
2- We have found and in the process of removing cement based render at low level to Nave North wall at the east end. I guess there could be some damp retained in the wall behind this area.
3- Crack repairs and general masonry repairs will be completed on Monday 12th May.
4- The team are speaking to Electrician and arranging for works to be carried out next week.
5- Plasterers are programmed to commence Monday 19th May. (1 week behind programme)
The parish room has now received the under floor insulation wool, a second membrane has been fixed on top, the edges will then be taped to the walls, and the floorboards are on site ready to be laid.
Updated week from 13th May
The last of the plaster has been removed from the walls of the Nave, the putlog holes and cracks and crevices have been filled with lime mortar and carefully chosen flints, some preparatory work has been done for the new runs of conduit and cable. The parish room wooden floor is nearing completion and it is remarkable how much more like a proper room it now feels just because the floor is sitting laser level on the new joists. Next week the new lime hair mortar starts being spread in the nave and the old concrete non-breathable render is being removed from the parish room after the floor is covered with protective hardboard.
Picture by Peter Schurr
The Revd Charlotte Wallington has joined the benefice as vicar
Her service of institution and induction was live streamed
Use this link to watch later
https://www.youtube.com/live/60U80Hmn0Lg?si
Fundraising for the Pettistree Parish / Church Room
(cold, damp, and needing insulation)
Over £19000 has been raised including matched funding
The events and linked giving has now ended but please continue to donate as more wll be needed!
Christmas Carol Service
A reminder that from May - September, at All Saints, on the 4th Sunday, at 6pm there will be an Evening Service with the Benefice Choir
The usual pattern of worship
Sunday services at 9.30am
(at Pettistree village Hall from April while work is being done in the church)
1st Sunday - Morning Prayer
2nd Sunday - Communion Service
3rd Sunday - Morning Prayer
4th Sunday - Communion Service
5th Sunday - Communion Service
3rd Friday of each month Benefice Communion Service 10.30am, followed by coffee in the church room, but please note there is no service in April, as there is a benefice event for Good Friday, and then from May - August 2025 services will take place in Pettistree Village Hall while renovation work is carried out in the church