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by Duncan Smith A BODY blow has been


struck at Clitheroe Parish Church, with news that work to rebuild its land­ mark spire will cost just


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over £70,000 more than on


: which we completed before Christmas, came in under


budget. Unfortunately part of that work identified fur­ therproblems which we will need to rectify in stage two, increasing the price for the


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■ nert phase of work. “The second irony is that


- IS your steeple?’ I have al- _ ways told them the problem


— spire — the pointy biC- and not the steeple


• tower and the pointy , bit. It now turns out the'


mMy people have asked me oyer the past two years ‘how


^ “There are two ironies here, explained Rev.Andy Proud, Priest-in-charge at the church. “The first is - that stage one of the work,


estimated.


_ with English Heritage, has identified problems in the top of the tower which will have to be rectified as part


first phase in partnership


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TOWERING COST: Clit- heroe Parish Church with its landmark spire.


problem is with both.” An appeal to fund the work, originally estimated


at around £250,000, was started in Autumn 2010. It later received a welcome £144,000 boost in funding from English Heritage Lot- tery grants, but those con-' nected with the church have still had to work hard to make up the shortfall. . _ Work undertaken last September, as pah of the


■ include the affecteilstones at the top of the tower, a collection at Booths and an appeal to the public for in­


terest-free bridging loans to help cover the cost of recov­ erable VAT.


couraged by people’s gen­ erosity so far and by the


knowledge that we now have a definite end in sight


which together we can over­ come.” '


recognise that this is a once- ima-generation challenge


this year,” said Rev. Proud., “I hope that the town will


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Council, at its February meeting, unanimously agreed to extend its fund­ raising, including a further sponsor a stone appeal to


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