St Magnus Roof Repairs April Update

Good News!

Historic Scotland have finally given us a Stage 2 Pass and we are waiting to hear from the Heritage Lottery Fund in the next two weeks.  We are still hoping that the refurbishment work will startin April and be completed in September.

Not-So-Good News!

The cost of the work needing to be done now stands at £500,098.  While we have raised the majority of this through grant funding and local fundraising we shall still have to do some more fundraising towards the shortfall of £50,000.  There are several events planned over the next few months so please encourage friends and family to come along to these events.  Please see the calendar of Church events for details!

We thank you for your continued support of St Magnus Church, this will ensure that our Church building will continue to be used by both the congregation and the Shetland Community for many more years to come.

Work to be Done...

This is a major project to stabilise the condition of the fabric of the Church building and put it into good order by working on high level repairs and repairs to parts of the building that are at risk of being damaged beyond repair.

All works are to be completed using traditional materials and in accordance with traditional practice as much as possible.

A summary of the works are:

• Complete stripping and recovering of all pitched roofs, renew all sheet metal gutter linings, ridge cappings and flashings, etc.
• Repair or renewal of the rainwater disposal system and the surface water drainage system.
• Repair and repointing of the corss/finial base stones at the gabel apexes, skew copings and crow steps, the tower and walls to an acceptable condition.
• Repair and replacement of the stone tracery to the windows as required.
• Repair or restoration of damage to stained glass windows caused by water and weather as necessary.

Once these works have been completed, no further external repairs should be required except for regular maintenance.