Harringay's Painted Church wins funding for repairs

Harringay's wonderful painted St John the Baptist church on Wightman Road has just been awarded a £76,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund's Grants for Places of Worship scheme.

The Harringay church is just one of 152 of England's most important listed places of worship which are more secure, having benefitted from the £15million Lottery fund.

Designed in 1896-8 by James Brooks, the Wightman Road church is a Grade II listed building. Its interior was painted with murals over a period of twenty years by local artist by Eleftherios Foulidis.

The church previously received a grant of £159,000 in 2009 which enabled the repair of its roof. We all saw the wonderful new steeples emerge from that work. This year's grant will be used for the repair of high level roofing, rainwater goods and masonry. 

Commenting on the grants, Carole Souter, HLF chief executive said: "Historic places of worship form prominent and much loved landmarks within our cities, towns and villages.

"They are unique buildings that bring local communities together for a variety of reasons from worship through to culture and leisure...and with these new grants we aim to ensure even more are secured for future generations to enjoy."

Links:

Full list of repair grants made in 2013

St John the Baptist Website