Development

Sparkhill St Johns from Durham RoadWe are deeply committed to the people of Sparkhill and are developing our resources to better serve the local community in the 21st century.

 

Over £100,000 worth of renovation work has recently been undertaken creating new community facilities at the west end of the church building, these are being used extensively by the Charity Narthex Sparkhill which is based at St John's.

These renovated rooms together with our hall on St John's Road provide some of the best community facilities in Sparkhill.

A total reroofing of the church (including insulating) costing over £425,000 was undertaken during 2010 and 2011 with the help of English Heritage, grant giving organisations and sacrifial giving by the congregation.

 

Phase 1 reroofing in pictures

Sparkhill St John's Scaffolding starts to go up

Work on phase 1 of the roof replacement gets under way with the start of the erection of scaffolding. Week 1 (8-12th March 2010)

Sparkhill St John's roof week6

 Insulation being installed

Sparkhill St John's week 9 scaffording

overview of north side of church at week 9

Sparkhill St John's Roof week 9

Clerestory window

Sparkhill St John's Workers on Roof

work started on replacing the tiles on 7th May

Sparkhill St John's internal scaffolding

Internal scaffolding going up 19th May

even the chimney

Even the Chimney gets a make-over 11th June

 South Side

 Work starts on the south roof 11th June

 Sparkhill - Abseiling

abseiling to fix birdnetting on tower 25th June

Sparkhill - south transept

roofer in safety harness high on the south transept 2nd July 

Week20a

yet more new scaffolding 28th July

week 20b

 a high level view 30th July

week 20d

Pete the Builder  30th July

week 20c

High level view of carpenter repairing clerestory

window in the main roof 30th July

week 20e

Clerestory window under repair 30th July

 

Phase 2 of the reroofing gets under way in October 2010

 

Phase 2 North side scaffolding 

 Scaffolding going up on the north side of the church in preparation for stage 2 of the reroofing. 

 phase2oct10

 Work gets underway on the north transept roof 27th October

 

 Many thanks to the following Trusts, businesses 

and organisations who have kindly contributed to

the roof work.

Phase 1

Allchurches Trust Limited

Bernard Piggott Trust

Bewley Charitable Trust

Cliff Richard Fan Club Birmingham Meeting House

Cook & Wolstenholme Charitable Trust

Cornerstone (National Churches Trust)

Dorothy & Olive Pratt Charitable Trust

English Heritage

Garfield Weston Foundation

George Henry Collins Charity

Greet & District Residents

Grimmitt Trust

Harry Payne Trust

Indestructible Paint

Jarman Charitable Trust

Lady Neville Charity

Manifold Trust

SITA

Sparkhill Trust

Stephen Clark 1957 Charitable Trust

William Adlington Cadbury Charitable Trust

Wilmcote Charitrust

 

Phase 2

 

Alan Evans Memorial Trust

Allchurches Trust Limited

Cornerstone (National Churches Trust)

Dorothy & Olive Pratt Charitable Trust

Douglas Turner Trust

English Heritage

George Fentham Birmingham Charity

Grimmitt Trust

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust

Stephen Clark 1957 Charitable Trust

 

Next Steps

Our next development is the creation of an Emergency Exit to our Church Hall. we have all the necassary permissions in place and are presently fundraising for this work.

We are also preparing plans and are in consultion about the reordering of the inside of the church to enhance our worship space and create further community facilities.