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St Mary Magdalen Church in the High Street, Billericay is open again after many months of restoration and refurbishment and is about to enter a new era of community use, while still retaining its all-important role as a spiritual haven at the heart of the town. The building is now equipped to serve the community in a variety of ways. A heated, tiled floor has been laid and wood-framed upholstered church chairs added, similar to those in Chelmsford Cathedral. In addition, a kitchen and new toilets have been installed and the heating renewed.
St Mary’s is now much more comfortable and flexible. It will be an ideal setting for concerts, exhibitions and a wide range of public events and community occasions - as well as for religious services.
The overall costs of the refurbishment were £150,000, of which £100,000 was raised from generous contributions from local charities and from local support. The remaining £50,000 has been borrowed to complete the work and clearly any contribution we can raise from townspeople to preserve St Mary Magdalen at the centre of our town we shall welcome.
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