Arh! The perfect excuse for not attending on Sunday morning.
Nicking the lead meant climbing onto the roof but if they nicked the church then the roof falls to the ground and you’ve got easy pickings.
Just your typical recycling/upcycling project.
Those particular stones are worth quite a bit of money.
If you’re trying to fix a listed building, there’s often rules in place saying you have to use certain materials and styles.
Getting a good stone mason to restore a section of a wall for you can often end up costing a lot of money. Much cheaper if you steal the stones from a similar building.
to be fair people have been nicking parts of old churches for centuries for building material
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Arh! The perfect excuse for not attending on Sunday morning.
Nicking the lead meant climbing onto the roof but if they nicked the church then the roof falls to the ground and you’ve got easy pickings.
Just your typical recycling/upcycling project.
Those particular stones are worth quite a bit of money.
If you’re trying to fix a listed building, there’s often rules in place saying you have to use certain materials and styles.
Getting a good stone mason to restore a section of a wall for you can often end up costing a lot of money. Much cheaper if you steal the stones from a similar building.
to be fair people have been nicking parts of old churches for centuries for building material
This reminds me of the [remains of a church](http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/heighambartholomew/heighambartholomew.htm) that’s located not too far from where I am right now.
You wouldn’t steal a font…
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