After months of preparatory work, discussion and prayer, in April 2007 a comprehensive development project was agreed on by St Mary’s congregation.

In summary, the Project involves:

overhauling the roof - especially replacing guttering and drainpipes which are now inadequate;

replacing the floors of the chancel and nave (including the rotten wooden flooring of the side aisles) with a new stone-flagged surface, as part and parcel of replacing the old heating system (with its inefficient oil-fired boilers, leaking supply tanks and cast iron piping, and asbestos insulation), mainly with an up-to-date under-floor micro-bore hot water heating system served by efficient gas boilers; 

upgrading the present outmoded security and lighting  arrangements (by replacing unsightly wire-mesh screening of stained-glass windows with polycarbonate screening, and installing smoke alarms, exit-signing, and internal and external lighting to satisfy the latest safety requirements);

restoring water-damaged plasterwork and redecorating the main church throughout;

installing a toilet for the disabled and decent kitchen facilities in the vestry area; 

replacing the uncomfortable old pews with easily movable new chairs, and the faltering - and unremarkable - pipe-organ with a modern instrument.

A floor plan of the church here points up most of what can readily be illustrated.