Blockley Church, St Peter and St Paul

12/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who was involved with the Windows Weekend in Blockley and in the Church. The windows around the village were spectacular and it was hard for the judge to decide. In the end, the best window was by Gaby Spencer, and the second prize was the window by Jodie King. Thank you to everyone who took part.

On Sunday we enjoyed tea and cakes, surrounded by colouring from students at Blockley School. The winner of the children’s colouring in KS1 was Chloe and in KS2 was Heidi. The winner of prize for flower arranging was Jane Sked and winner of the best decorated cake was Corrine Green.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the weekend and thank you to all who contributed towards the restoration of our East Window. £14,000 was given towards the windows as part of Blockley Church’s conservation and development project.

19/09/2026

Here's a map for tonight's Window Festival in Blockley from 6 pm till 10 pm

Don't forget, we're lighting up the East Window at 8pm and there will be hot chocolate in church.

And from 7 till 9 there are special prices at the Crown for those doing the window tour.

18/09/2026

Don't forget it's Blockley Church's Window Festival this weekend.

On Saturday, come to church from 6pm to collect a window trail map and then walk around the village to see 10 windows specially decorated for the evening.

Then come back to church between 8pm and 9pm for Hot Chocolate and a chance to see the East Window lit up as never before.

Our friends at the Crown are very kindly offering special drinks discounts for anyone on the trail.

Then on Sunday there's lots more in church with cakes, pictures, children's activities and more.

All this is to support our application to the Heritage Fund to secure the building for the 21st century and develop a range of community activities. You can support us via the link here https://blockleychurch.org.uk/window if you like.

14/09/2026

Update 7: This weekend we're holding a Window Festival to raise funds to restore our beautiful East Window, the biggest most colourful window in the church. This is part of our wider project to make sure the church is fit for generations to come.

We’d love you to take part and your contributions will help unlock a £1.4 million grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund

As well as joining us on the Stained Glass trail, we have baking and flower arranging competitions this coming Sunday afternoon, the 20th September. Bring a flower arrangement or a cake or a treat inspired by Blockley Church and its windows at 12 noon on Sunday! From then till 3 pm we will have activities for all ages, cream teas, and flowers and cakes on display.

And come and discover your chance to help restore your own particular bit of the window!

If you can't come but would like to give, here's a link https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QXIC905X don't forget to put your email address in the "notes" box so we can thank you properly.

13/09/2026

It's Blockley Window Festival coming up next weekend - the 19th and 20th September. We are celebrating the big East Window (which needs a lot of repairs) and raising money to help unlock nearly £1.5 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the window and the wider project.

We are inviting anyone who lives in Blockley to turn a street-facing window into a colourful stained-glass style display and to join the village wide trail. There will be a map to follow of all the windows. Then join us in church between 8pm and 9pm for hot chocolate and the real East Window lit up like never before.

Register with Andy Everett via [email protected] or 07732 762282

If you register by this Wednesday the 16th you will be included on the trail map.

The best window will win a £100 meal voucher to spend at the Crown Hotel, our generous sponsors. They are also offering Happy Hour drinks (b**r etc) between 7pm and 9pm for all those following the trail and dropping in as part of their route.

The amazing Derek Luff has created a sample window to inspire you but don't worry he's not entering the best window competition.

To support the project please go to https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QXIC905X Remember to enter an email address in the "notes" box so we can say thank you and include you in the donor book at the end of the project.

08/09/2026

Over the weekend of 19 and 20 September we are having a window festival. What is one of those you may ask? It's part celebration, part craft-creation, part baking-creation, part flower-arranging and part fundraising. The restoration of the East Window forms part of our wider project supported by the Heritage Fund.

Over the weekend we are inviting you to make your own stained glass window in your house (or use tissue paper or any other coloured transparent thing), to take part in a window trail through the village and then to come to church between 8pm and 9pm on the Saturday for hot chocolate and the chance to see the window lit from the outside like never before.

On Sunday there will be cakes, flowers, guided tours including up the tower and the opportunity to give towards the project if you wish. The more we raise now the more chance we have to unlock nearly £1.5m from the Heritage Fund.

If you'd like to give there's a link here https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QXIC905X

07/09/2026

Building on History - project update number 5

One of the most distinctive features of Blockley Church is the range of memorials on the walls which commemorate some of Blockley's colourful landowners, vicars and others. Some were great (perhaps), some were good, some less so! There was even a vicar who ended up in Newgate Prison. And a churchwarden from Draycott whose name was William Dide. Thanks for the people who play the Lottery we've been able to run Heritage Funded tours on Saturdays which tell their stories.

The memorials all carry years of dust and dirt and some need considerable restoration. The five in most need of repair will be taken down, lovingly cleaned and repaired and restored to their places on the walls.

We'll post more about the project over the coming weeks. Any questions please put them in the comments below, send a direct message on messenger or email [email protected]

06/09/2026

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06/09/2026

Building on History - project update number 4

News from earlier developments...... Blockley's Norman-style church was built in around 1180 AD. Just 130 years later, around 1310, the parish embarked on a significant campaign to modernise the building and bring more light into its dark interior. They removed the original Norman window above the altar and put in a much larger, Gothic-style window. That's what has given us the shape of the window you see today.

Then, in the early 1800s, the wall surrounding the window began to fall down and was rebuilt, keeping the shape of the window that's now more than 700 years old. The stained glass has Bible stories and also commemorates the Rushout family of Northwick.

Since then, water has penetrated the stonework around the window, causing serious decay and movement. Some of the joints have opened up, the delicate stone tracery is deteriorating, and salts left behind by damp are damaging both the stone and the stained glass.

Past repairs have unfortunately made matters worse. Hard cement mortar was used in places, trapping moisture inside the stone and accelerating its decay.

The window now needs careful conservation to make it secure, protect the historic stonework and stained glass, and ensure that this important part of the church survives for future generations.

We're holding a Window Festival over the weekend of 19/20 September celebrating this lovely part of our church. Bake a cake, decorate your own street-facing window with coloured paper, come and see the window lit up like never before on the evening of Saturday 19th. This is part of our fundraising efforts to raise the match we need to unlock nearly £1.5 from the Heritage Fund which will repair the window and so much more! There's a link in the comments to more information.

We'll post more about the project over the coming weeks. Any questions please put them in the comments below, send a direct message on messenger or email [email protected]