Church seeking money to keep a roof over William Shakespear’s grave
22 September 2009
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The church where William Shakespeare was baptized and buried is seeking money to keep a roof over the bard’s grave.
The Rev. Martin Gorick, vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, says that workmen recently discovered that the main beam in the chancel was deteriorating faster than had been thought.
Shakespeare’s tomb is in the chancel.
The church has raised nearly 1 million pounds ($1.6 million) in the past 7 years for restoration work, and estimates that repairs to the beam will cost another 50,000 pounds ($81,000).
#1 by Dominic on September 23, 2009 - 7:19 pm
Whilst I cannot deny the importance of Shakespeare, One has to question the emotive tactics used by Holy Trinity. The cancel of Holy Trinity contains several priceless and irreplaceable carvings, not least of which are the twenty eight, 15th century misericords, any or all of which could be damaged by a leaking roof.
Holy Trinity has a proven track record for fund raising; and has been far more successful than many similar sized churches in similar sized towns, firstly because it has a large number of visitors and secondly because it uses its one world renowned asset unmercifully. This is probably to the detriment of many of the other local churches.