Herald - Issue 405

v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v 22nd April 2021 • The HERALD • Page 23 Acorn Building Contracts Ltd u Reliable, local builders offering affordable, quality workmanship u Our employees are fully qualified and fully insured u All aspects of building undertaken including extensions, structural alterations, roofing, ground works, kitchens, bathrooms, carpentry and plastering u Drawings arranged u Insurance work undertaken u Local Authority Approved Contractor For free quotations and friendly advice please call Office: 023 8024 3336 Mobile: 07786 656865 Email: acornbuilding@googlemail.com or visit our website: www.acorn-builders.co.uk You will not be disappointed AUSTIN WINDOW CLEANING Professional Window Cleaning Service established 25 years £15 per house Tel: 07733 205341 www.austinwindowcleaning.co.uk LAND WANTED FOR DOMESTIC ANIMAL TRAINING FACILITY Preferably to buy or possibly lease, anything considered, any size from half an acre to 10 acres. Please telephone 07889 891307 Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH or email editor@herald-publishing.co.uk ExxonMobil Fawley Contribution Will Help to Preserve Church Porch Locally based Dogs2FosterUK are searching for suitable land for their New Forest Dog Sanctuary Project. Preferably to buy or possibly lease, anything considered, any size from half an acre to 10 acres. If any land owners/farmers would be interested, please telephone: 07889 891307 If you would like to subscribe to their newsletter and follow their work and the journeys of their amazing dogs please go to: www.dogs2fosteruk.org LAND NEEDED URGENTLY Much-needed repairs to a 12th century church with close links to ExxonMobil Fawley are a step closer thanks to a donation from the site. damaged, losing all of its medieval stained glass. It wasn’t until 1954 that the church was repaired and reconsecrated. • All Saints’ original bells were cast in the early 1600’s. In 1909, two extra bells were added to the original four. ey are rung before services on Sundays and on special occasions such as weddings and christenings. Much-needed repairs to the porch at All Saints’ Church, in Fawley, are a step closer thanks to a £2,000 contribution from ExxonMobil Fawley e porch at All Saints’ Church, Fawley, needs attention and the £2,000 contribution from its closest neighbour will go a long way to helping pay for the repairs. e Venerable Caroline Baston, Interim Priest in Charge for the parish of Fawley, said: “The porch was a Victorian addition to the church, but unfortunately it is leaking water. Some of the guttering also needs repairing because when it rains it creates a waterfall down the wall.” The porch protects some very beautiful “dogs’ tooth” engraving around the original Norman west door of the church, and the repairs are crucial to preserving this historical feature. Caroline said: “ We are very grateful for the donation of £2,000 towards the cost of the work, it will go a long way to helping us make the porch watertight again.” Al i son Jone s , Community Affairs Manager at ExxonMobil Fawley, said: “ The church is our closest neighbour and has been since the refinery was built in 1951. All Saints’ is not just an important community asset, it has enormous historical value going back more than 800 years. We are pleased that our donation towards the porch roof repairs will help to protect that history for many more years to come.” Facts about All Saints’ Church • e current building dates from the 12th century and appears to have been built over two periods, 1170-1210 and 1300-1340. e village of Fawley and a church are mentioned in the Domesday Book. • ere is reference to an earlier church having stood on the site as early as 971, and it is possible that some parts were reused in the current building. • e oldest part of the church is St Nicholas’ Chapel. e church may have originally been dedicated to St Nicholas, the patron saint of seafarers. e church was the last that sailors would have seen as they le Southampton Water. • The church was bombed in 1940 during the Second World War and was severely FASCIAS • SOFFITS • GUTTERING • MOSS CLEARING CONSERVATORIES/ROOFS • PVC • CLADDING