As money comes in we are able to get on with small aspects of the ongoing Church restoration, while progressing with planning permission. Many will have noticed that part of the floor in the right hand aisle has been missing for many years. This is because in Spring 1994 we found the floor was becoming altogether too springy, and it turned out the joists underneath were rotten. So we relaid a large area (see photograph). In the process parts of the aboriginal heating system became visible, with brick walls turning in elegant curves like the foundations for apses of a pre-Constantinian basilica. When the floor was put back, we were unable to match the imitation wood-block. But now it seems it can be done, and we should soon see that part of the floor restored, as well as other patches of flooring which have become unstable. A small feature of the great work, but necessary.
