Southill Park Visit by Ann Collett-White On the morning and afternoon of Friday 5 June, 75 people were welcomed to Southill Park for guided tours of this wonderful house whose Regency interior and its contents have remained unchanged since 1815. Charles Whitbread, Chairman of the St Paul’s Tower, Clock & Bells Appeal and his wife Jane gave the proceeds of ticket sales to the appeal; £1560 was raised. We are most grateful to the continued support of the Whitbread family and th

We are celebrating after being awarded a £209,948 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support its Tower Clock and Bells project, thanks to National Lottery players. The Revd Anthony Davis said the award was hugely encouraging: “We are absolutely delighted. This gives us greater confidence to go ahead, knowing funding from the Heritage Fund is in place, and is also a huge boost in morale for those who have been working very hard on this project for a number of yea

We are at the stage of the Tower Clock and Bells Project where we are applying for a formal Faculty (planning permission) from the Diocese to carry out the work. The documents relating to this application are on our Governance page In summary, we are applying to the Consistory Court of the diocese for permission to carry out the following: Restoration of the tower, clock, and bells. Rehanging of the bells in a 14-bell frame on one level lower in the tower, restoration, reloca

On Saturday 12th July, we celebrated a special open day at St Paul's. As well as the chance to sample homemade cakes and other refreshments in our café visitors were treated to guided tours of the Church, including the chance to visit the Bell Tower. There were also children's activities running all day. There was a chance to see a display of vestments and robes, including the robes made for Dr Henry Alfred Harding, organist of St Paul's from 1889 until 1930 which were paid f