Funding step forward for flood church

13th January 2022

Muchelney Church Credit Hugh LLewelyn 2017St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church Muchelney, near Langport on the Somerset Levels, has moved one step closer towards its plans to become a community hub after receiving a £12,500 grant from South Somerset District Council.

The grade one listed church was a focal point for its community during the terrible floods of 2013/14 when the village was cut off by flood water for more than ten weeks. The money, together with another £44,000 in grants already raised, will go towards an estimated £75,500 needed for the first phase of the development; to build a toilet and put in mains water.

Church Warden Sarah Nicholas said, “We can make the church building the heart of the community again. This could be a place where other village events are held. We are a tiny village, there is no other public building."

 

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