Watching brief by D. Andrews at St Mary's Church, Mundon, 2008 - EEX59673

This redundant church cared for by the Friends of Friendless Churches has recently undergone a major programme of structural repair with the aid of English Heritage grant. Because of severe cracking in the East wall, and the apparent slumping of the NE corner, the North and East walls of the chancel were underpinned in summer 2008. Piles were driven to a depth of up to 8m parallel with these walls inside and outside the chancel. A trench about 1m wide and 1m deep was dug along the external perimeter of the North and East walls. The foundation of these walls proved at all points to be in excess of 1m deep. Trenches were also dug through the foundations into the chancel so that concrete beams could be cast between the piles.