God's light on the Stratford Road
We are deeply committed to the people of Sparkhill and are developing our resources to better serve the local community in the 21st century.
Phase 1 reroofing in pictures
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)
Insulation being installed
overview of north side of church at week 9
Clerestory window
work started on replacing the tiles on 7th May
Internal scaffolding going up 19th May
Even the Chimney gets a make-over 11th June
Work starts on the south roof 11th June
abseiling to fix birdnetting on tower 25th June
roofer in safety harness high on the south transept 2nd July
yet more new scaffolding 28th July
a high level view 30th July
Pete the Builder 30th July
High level view of carpenter repairing clerestory
window in the main roof 30th July
Clerestory window under repair 30th July
Phase 2 of the reroofing gets under way in October 2010
Scaffolding going up on the north side of the church in preparation for stage 2 of the reroofing.
Work gets underway on the north transept roof 27th October
New emergency exit from the Church Hall
In the summer of 2013 we completed the installation of an Emergency Exit to our Church Hall at a cost of £22,000. We are grateful to the many individuals and trusts who gave so generously towards this essential work.
New Signage
Thanks to a grant from Transforming Church we were able to replace our main church notice board during 2015.
New boiler for Church Hall and Project Offices
Thanks to the generosity of church members and grant making organisations during 2015 we were able to replace the heating boiler in the church hall with an efficient modern boiler to which we can later add solar water heating panels.
External renovations and improvements.
We have planning permission and are awaiting a faculty to enable us to pave around the Church building, install a permanent disabled persons ramp to the main door, provide 7 car parking spaces and cycle rack, replace an old wooden fire escape, provide new external lighting and renovate over 24 bays of historic (grade 2 listed) iron railings, supporting walls and pillars that urgently need repair.
All of this will cost around £250,000.
We are presently fundraising and hope to complete this work during 2018.
Plans for external works