St Mary's Church
Haverfordwest
The principle contractor appointed was Capps and Capps Ltd of Sarnesfield, Hereford, with Hertel Scaffolding Services and Norman & Underwood sub-contractors for scaffolding and leadwork respectively. The scaffolding took six weeks to erect and weighed seventy tons.The work was to include:
Copper roof of the nave removed to be replaced with lead and new trusses inserted.Parapets on south and north sides of the church to be repaired. Rainwater system to be repaired and painted.The Tower to be repointed and the roof repaired.The Clock faces and hands to be painted.
Work began in April 2005 with the arrival and erection of scaffolding which, by the end of the month, covered most of the Church and tower and internally filled the nave. Memorials including pulpit, font and mayor’s pew, were boxed in, the organ protected, the nave screened off with plastic sheeting and in the churchyard the grave stones covered. The masons began removing rendering on the north and south parapets and work was inspected and recorded by the Archaeologist.
