The list by Historic England details places of worship that are in poor condition and need of funding and repair.
St George the Martyr church near London Bridge, also known as the ’Little Dorrit’ church is in need of repair and so has been added to Historic England’s list. The vicar of the church, Reverend Jonathan Sedgwick told Premier: “the roof leaks, so my office under one of the corners gets flooded whenever it rains very hard and some of the stone work is coming off the outside of the building, so just things that need fixing.
“We’re very thankful that since we’ve been put on the list we have been able to get the Heritage Lottery funding involved and grants from a number of other funding bodies.”
St George the Martyr church has funding to begin renovations and hope this will help them continue to do what they already do in the community.
He added: “It’s also really important that they [churches] live and do their job as churches today…we’ve got a concert going on as I speak to you, we have a foodbank here this afternoon and a café.”
Andrew Reynolds, artistic director and curator of St Luke’s Bombed Out Church in Liverpool spoke to Premier’s Cara Bentley about how the venue had been taken off the Heritage at Risk list:
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