A historic church in the heart of the community has launched an appeal to save its iconic tower Holy Trinity Parish Church in Horwich is almost 200-years-old and now an appeal to raise £40,000 has been launched in a bid to save its iconic tower. Reverend Nicola Butterworth spoke about the urgent repair project. She said “We’ve been noticing some deterioration to the tower over the past couple of years, but realised that the tower was in need of repair through one of our regular building inspections.
(Image: UGC) “There is frost damage which has led to some of the stonework coming loose, though we’ve been able to remove the loose stonework before anything fell off.” The Church was first built in 1831 as one of more than 600 “Waterloo churches”, a nationwide church-building project funded by an 1818 Act of Parliament, following the wave of national pride after Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Holy Trinity Church launched its appeal to fundraise the repair of its tower in May, after attaining a faculty from the Church of England to carry out the work.
Efforts to publicise the fundraiser have been ramped up recently, with leaflets being distributed throughout Horwich. It states: "After almost 200 years of serving the people of Horwich, the stonework of the tower is in need of repair. Without this major work, the building may have to close.
" The total cost of the project is estimated to be £230,000, with most of the funding being covered by the .