Construction

After five years of planning, and a campaign in 1994 to restore the spire, work began in earnest on 1st March 1997. Soon prodigious amounts of earth were being moved, even inside the nave by Jason's mini-digger, with Sandy on the dumper, while big Jim wielded the breaker.

Jason's Digger, digging history

Two steel Acrow props had to be left beneath the piers of the chancel arch, during underpinning work.

Underpinning the chancel arch

Scary moments as Jim undercuts the chancel arch


Construction (2)

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