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Church Tower Repair – St. Peter’s Church, Witherley, Leicestershire

A grade 1 listed church, the church dates from the early 14th century and the tower from the 15th. The chancel was rebuilt in 1858. The majority of the fabric is in coursed and squared Attleborough stone with the later chancel in random rubble. The tower is in two stages and stands approximatly 24metres and carries an in set spire of 22metres. The tower has a crenellated parapet with external panelling of trefoiled arches with sunken spandrels. At each corner above the diagonal buttress there are four panelled and crocketed pinnacles. On the south elevation at the junstion of the nave to chancel is a 19th century polygonal turret which serves a small vestry and stair to the pulpit.

The Tower underwent major repair on the battlements which were in a dilapidated state and the possibilities of falling masonry. The scaffolding was to be designed and erected to provide a substantial working platform on which dismantled material,could be stored, this minimizes handling and reduces the risk of damage to stones during hoisting.

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