" The Log Book, “The Church Wardens Year” and “How to Look After Your Church” obtained from the Diocesan Resources Centre (bookshop) or Church House Bookshop, Great Smith Street, London, SW1 "

Priority M:
Maintainance and Further Investigations

Priority A:
Conditions that are a danger to the fabric or people if postponed. Works that should be completed within 12 months.

Priority B:
Works recommended during the next five years and should be completed before the next quinquennial review.

Priority C:
Works, which will become ‘B’ by the next quinquennial inspection.

Improvements I: Improvements and future desirable repairs or renewals.

Chancel 3.7 d)
Carefully clean the 17th C Flemish glass. Priority A:
Record with hi-definition photos – St. Peter & St Michael the Archangel

3.2 Belfry
d) The bells are “clocked” and the harness will crack the bells – new mechanism is preferable to preserve the bells. Priority I;
e) Fit new gudgeon pins and fittings to the bells. Seek a report & estimate from a bell hanger. Priority C:

3.6 Nave:
a) The Tortoise stove is used for main services only – the asbestos cement pipe is noted in the Asbestos Register and is obvious also in the roof loft. Provide a black stove pipe with insulated stainless steel pipe through the loft for fire safety. Raise outlet to 600mm above the ridge. (Top section has blown away) Priority A:
b) Weld the stove top for draught control i.e. to prevent over heating; I assume fire guards are used. The pews are scorched.

4.3 i)
Renew the embedded rusting expanding iron or steel waste pipe from the piscina with lead or copper and reface the wall.

4.3 a)
Restore the weathervane & cupola carpentry with access scaffolding from the ground or a flying scaffold. New board support under the chute.

3.6 l)
The wall paintings should be inspected by a conservator and light dusting may be recommended. Restored in 1964 by Prof. Eve Baker and stabilised in 1996. Priortity *
There maybe grants available to form interpretation display boards to encourage visitor understanding or an app directing smart phones to the Church web site and history - Priority I:

2.4 Grade 1 listed.
The 10th/11thC chancel was probably longer to the west forming the single cell church and if so, housed the 12thC font.
Nave 1320 originally with north tomb recess or chantry chapel 1324/5 of which a recess & inner elaborate porch remain.
Many exposed wall paintings 1330 possibly by Matthew Paris.
Tower 15thC, porch added.
Chapel removed and blocked in the 16thC and top of stair turret rebuilt.
17thC painted glass north chancel. 18thC north chancel door case, cupola, monuments and weathervane. Georgian tower clock. Georgian boundary wall at the roadside for carriages to approach the hall grand entrance. The 5th bell of 1712 cast in Sudbury by Thomas Gardiner. Stained glass windows added 1850’s. Mosaic reredos 1860.
The chancel east end may have been shortened at this time as the east wall and returns (up to visible cracks) was rebuilt by Rev. J.M. St Clere Raymond with architect, possiby J Cole who rebuilt the chancel arch 1857-8 (the cobble flintwork). Pulpit 1865 painted by George Washington Brownslow, a local artist. His memorial window 1876 by William Wailes. The east wall at this time fully covered with high Victorian wall paintings – some 16thC paintings remain exposed. Tortoise stove installed and still in use with furnishings and brick floors of the Victorian era.

The Appointment of Professionals for Quinquennial Inspections
An Introduction to Accreditation and Approval Systems

Jonathan Taylor

It is widely recognised that the inspection of historic churches requires specialist skills, but it is not always easy for non-specialists to determine which professionals have the skills required. Some professionals seem to qualify solely because they have always qualified, and it is likely that many continue to practice methods which are now known to damage historic buildings, simply because they have not been required to keep abreast of current developments.

QUINQUENNIAL INSPECTIONS

Most churches and chapels in Britain are inspected 'quinquennially', that is to say every five years. The Church of England introduced quinquennial inspections as a statutory requirement in 1955 through The Inspection of Churches Measure, and dioceses are required to maintain a fund to pay for them. Most other denominations and many secular organisations which are responsible for historic buildings now adopt a similar approach to inspections.

Quinquennial inspections involve a thorough survey of all aspects of a building's fabric and are intended to identify problems which have developed since the last time it was inspected and to establish priorities for repair to ensure the preservation of the fabric. Quinquennial inspections are generally frequent enough to catch problems before significant damage occurs.

In addition to the structure of the church building, chapel or other place of worship, Church of England quinquennial inspections may be required by the archdeacon to include works of art, artefacts and other articles of particular importance or value. Ruined churches and other churchyard ruins may also have to be included where designated jointly by the Council for British Archaeology and the Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England (now part of English Heritage), but as yet no proper survey has been carried out. Any trees in the churchyard covered by a tree preservation order must also be included.

The importance of regular inspections by architects and surveyors who specialise in the conservation and repair of historic buildings cannot be over-emphasised. Historic and 'traditional' structures deteriorate in a manner that is very different from modern buildings and it takes a specialist to correctly distinguish defects that require attention from the superficial results of the ageing process.