Always on
This project successfully funded on 6th June 2026, you can still support them with a donation.
This project successfully funded on 6th June 2026, you can still support them with a donation.
We need your urgent help us to save our beautiful medieval windows. In 2021 you helped us when a piece of timber in the roof fell down.
Through Crowdfunding we are looking to raise £25,000 by November 2026.
Without your support some of these windows will fall out and we will be forced to have them blocked up which will mean a part of history will be gone forever.
Our architect has advised that each window will cost £18,000. Please give what you can in the knowledge that all donations large or small are so gratefully received.
As a thank you for your donation we will offer you:
£250+ - Your family name etched on a small pane within a large window.
£125+ - An Emma Bridgewater mug designed especially for Wiveton Church.
Wiveton Church
St Mary’s, adjacent to a former medieval port, is a wonderful example of a Norfolk medieval church built largely in the fifteenth century but with earlier fourteenth century elements.
St Mary’s is in a beautiful position at the heart of the village on Wiveton Green and beside the bank of the River Glaven. Whilst it has always been, and remains, a place of worship and for quiet contemplation it has become increasingly popular for community and cultural events.
As well as medieval graffiti, St Mary’s has many other unique features including its six bells, which attract bell ringers from far and wide, and the historic Holdich organ built for the great Exhibition in 1851 and one of the few remaining examples in the country. The organ was restored approximately twenty years ago but now has to be covered by a tarpaulin to protect it from water damage.
In the recent past the Diocese of Norwich held an Eco Conference in support of its campaign for net zero in our churches. Music in Country Churches, a national organisation, held a concert in July 2025 attended by the King. The church is packed and popular with families at Christmas and Easter Day services. More musical events are planned in the coming months.
Fundraising
This is part of a wider fundraising project to raise £500,000 in total. To ensure the effectiveness of the repairs to the windows, extensive work is also needed to replace the guttering and soakaways to the nave, none of which have had any attention since at least Victorian times and probably longer.
We are approaching grant making bodies and will be carrying out a series of fund raising events throughout the year.
Thank you for your support.
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made