£250 raised at an intimate brass band concert
We recently welcomed Sedbergh Brass Band for a wonderful and intimate concert in the beautiful setting of the church.
£800 raised at our End of Summer BBQ
We are delighted to share that this year’s End of Summer BBQ raised a fantastic £800 for Tunstall Church.
It was wonderful to see so many people come together to enjoy good food, good company and a lovely community occasion.
Emergency repairs begin on Tunstall Church’s stained-glass windows
Emergency conservation work has begun on two of the church’s historic stained-glass windows after it was discovered that they had become unstable and were at risk of collapse.
The windows have now been carefully removed from their openings so that they can be repaired and preserved. As the photographs show, removing such delicate pieces of stained glass is a painstaking process, requiring considerable care and expertise.
£70,000 medieval coin discovery shines spotlight on Tunstall
Following in the footsteps of the mystery donor, The Telegraph has found at least eight churches that have received bullion amounting to more than £70,000 in total – offering beleaguered rural parishes a financial lifeline.
“It is a wonderful thing whoever has done this,” Nick Gillibrand, a fellow churchwarden at St John’s, said, adding that the find would kickstart fundraising to repair the Grade-I listed building’s medieval Flemish stained glass windows.
“They are in bad condition, it is going to cost hundreds of thousands of pounds,” the 77-year-old retired architect said, adding that the coins had galvanised the parish to push on with its campaign.
Tunstall Church painting is £100k masterpiece
A painting which has hung in a small Lancashire church for two centuries has been revealed as a lost masterpiece worth more than £100,000.