Works starts on £4m project at Somerset church to mark milestone
A £4 million project is under way to make sure a church is looking its very best for a special anniversary.
Next year marks the bicentenary of the arrival of the Benedictine community at Downside, Stratton-on-the-Fosse.
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Repairs at Downside Abbey
In preparation for the 200th anniversary, Downside Abbey church will be restored. Scaffolding can now be seen outside the church.
Downside's church is the largest of the neo-Gothic style churches built in this country after the Reformation.
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So far £700,000 has been raised through donations and the sale of a property, enabling the start of phase one, the repair of the roof.
This first phase will take about a year and make the building wind and watertight and halt on-going damage to the internal stonework.
Fundraising will continue to raise the rest of the £4 million needed to complete the project.
The church will remain open for services as normal while the work takes place.
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