{"id":241072,"date":"2023-11-15T14:17:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=241072"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:17:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:17:07","slug":"call-the-midwife-backdrop-launches-7m-appeal-for-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/call-the-midwife-backdrop-launches-7m-appeal-for-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Call the Midwife backdrop launches \u00a37m appeal for restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Call the midwives&#8217; builder&#8230; their church is crumbling! Baroque backdrop to show launches \u00a37m appeal for desperately needed restoration<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A \u00a37.2m campaign launched to return Grade I listed building to its former glory<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fans of Call The Midwife will know it as the grand backdrop to some of the drama&#8217;s most memorable moments.<\/p>\n<p>What they don&#8217;t see is that behind its beautiful Baroque facade, St Anne&#8217;s Church has gone to rack and ruin.<\/p>\n<p>Rainwater damage, cracked plasterwork and collapsing ceilings have left the East End church in Limehouse in desperate need of repair and on Historic England&#8217;s heritage at-risk register.<\/p>\n<p>Now a \u00a37.2 million campaign is being launched to return the Grade I listed building \u2013 designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and consecrated in 1730 \u2013 to its former glory in time for the church&#8217;s 300th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Since the mid-1970s, previous projects have seen the roof repaired and the external building secured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/00\/77694543-12738953-image-a-67_1699748231678.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rainwater damage, cracked plasterwork and collapsing ceilings have left the East End church in Limehouse in desperate need of repair and on Historic England&#8217;s heritage at-risk register<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/00\/77694541-12738953-image-a-68_1699748234545.jpg\" height=\"472\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Now a \u00a37.2 million campaign is being launched to return the Grade I listed building \u2013 designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and consecrated in 1730 \u2013 to its former glory in time for the church&#8217;s 300th anniversary<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/00\/77694575-12738953-image-a-69_1699748248658.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans of Call The Midwife will know it as the grand backdrop to some of the drama&#8217;s most memorable moments<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/00\/77694583-12738953-image-a-70_1699748253042.jpg\" height=\"868\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A \u00a37.2 million campaign is being launched to return the Grade I listed building \u2013 designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and consecrated in 1730 \u2013 to its former glory in time for the church&#8217;s 300th anniversary<\/p>\n<p>The planned new works \u2013 one of the largest church restoration schemes in the country \u2013 would see the nave restored and developed into a space for concerts, orchestras and plays, as well as Christian worship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pews, installed by the Victorians, would be removed and replaced with moveable &#8216;cathedral-style&#8217; chairs, allowing for larger congregations and making the space more flexible.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Call The Midwife&#8217;s Helen George &#8216;spotted leaving co-star Olly Rix&#8217;s home in the early hours&#8217; after they both split from their partners\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, the crypt \u2013 used as an air raid shelter in the Second World War, and currently strewn with rubble \u2013 would be transformed to create more room for the church&#8217;s expanding Sunday School and other developments.<\/p>\n<p>The rector of St Anne&#8217;s, Richard Bray, 46, said: &#8216;We love having Call The Midwife filmed here. But the bits of the church you don&#8217;t see on TV are in need of a lot of work. We have a fantastic opportunity to preserve and celebrate this fantastic building&#8217;s heritage.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Fariba Kellaway, the project&#8217;s campaign director, said they need to raise \u00a33.6 million by November next year to release matched funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The 13th season of Call The Midwife is expected to air next year. The &#8216;beautiful&#8217; building has been described as &#8216;one of our favourite locations&#8217; and the show&#8217;s &#8216;parish church&#8217; on Call The Midwife&#8217;s official Facebook page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A show source said: &#8216;Scenes in St Anne&#8217;s are a time when all of our cast comes together in one place \u2013 always a special time for the company.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is a place where the significant spiritual moments that affect our characters happen. And it is a physical expression of the community at the heart of our story.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>St Anne&#8217;s has also featured as a location in the biographical crime thriller Legend \u2013 starring Tom Hardy as both Ron and Reggie Kray \u2013 and 28 Days Later, a 2002 film about a mystery virus spreading throughout the UK.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the link to the fundraiser here.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12738953\/Call-midwives-church-crumbling-launches-appeal-restoration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call the midwives&#8217; builder&#8230; their church is crumbling! 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