Flint Wall Appeal
- St Anne's
- May 16
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 7
Fundraising Events
The wonderful Grade Two listed north flint wall is showing its age. Built at a time when a horse and cart were the largest vehicles travelling eastwards along the road into the town, the beautiful flint work prevents the graveyard from falling into Western road. Recently a number of flints have dropped out of the wall, thus creating concerns for its safety and solidity. Flint-walling has been recognised as an endangered skill and this wall will be repaired using traditional lime mortar by experienced craftspeople. Currently the estimated cost is £20,000 and is likely to increase. We have therefore decided to set up an appeal. This includes a number of events over the summer months which we hope will enable us to raise enough funds to cover the cost of these essential and urgent repairs.
Fundraising Update
7th July 2025 Thank you to everyone those who has generously donated. We are delighted to let you know that we have met our initial target and raised £24,000. Besides the wonderful fund raising events we’ve also had substantial donations from Friends of Lewes and the Swire Trust. Ambitiously we have raised our target to £30,000 to ensure we have a contingency fund for preserving the flint wall. Please continue to support us.
Entitled The Music Never Ends, West End performers Karen Ascoe and Stephen Rashbrook are joined by pianist Dominic Barlow for a spectacular evening of drama and timeless classic and lesser-known songs such as ‘You’re the Top’, ‘The Folks Who Live on the Hill’, ‘That’s Life’ and many more from the genius of Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and Michel Legrand. Some thirty years ago, the power of music brought Mel and Stephen together, before life drove them apart.
Now, unexpectedly, they are reunited and, with a dazzling selection of jazz and Broadway standards to inspire them, they retrace their story, to gain some understanding and perhaps to discover a new kind of love.
The concert takes place Friday 11 July 2025, in St Anne’s Church at 7 pm
Friday 5 September, 7 pm: St Anne’s and the neighbourhood. A talk by Sue Berry and Chris Whittick about the history of St Anne’s, the well, the pilgrimage route and Medieval Anchoresses.
Saturday 13 to Sunday 21 September, 9 am–4 pm, daily. An Anchoress in residence. St Anne’s has a 13th-century anchorite’s cell. A parishioner has offered to live as an anchoress during this time and be available for conversation, singing, prayer and sponsoring.
Please do come to these events! Donations are welcome through our website,
If you would like any more information, please contact the Rector or the Churchwardens, see below.
Rector: Rev’d Ben Brown, 01273 933357, rectorstanneslewes@gmail.com
Churchwardens: Ashley Price & Mary-Rose Shears: churchwardens.stannes@yahoo.com
