2012 Re-build of the upper stages of the church tower
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In 2010 it seemed that Hawksworth church would have to close when the upper stages of the tower were judged to be unsafe so a massive fund raising effort began. Finally in April 2012, under the supervision of the church architect Colin Tompkins, Hawksworth church tower was restored at a cost of more than £90,000.
The main work concentrated on repairing, re-pointing and replacing much of the tower stonework which had eroded in many areas. The badly eroded part of the stone western door archway was renewed, new tower pinnacles were made and the coping and gable cross finials over the chancel were also repaired.
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At the same time the two clock faces on the tower were re-gilded, the hands were stripped and blacked and each clock face was fitted with a new electric movement set behind the face. This meant they no longer needed to be linked to each other by the bevel gears and rods from the original 19th century installation. The clock faces with their individual motors were re-positioned to just below the bell chamber openings. When installed in 1873, the clock faces had been sited partially obscuring the bell chamber opening so that they lined up with the mechanism and gears and this had caused significant damage to some of the stone course.
