A church in the Midlands that has leaned at an angle greater than the Tower of Pisa is in need of more than £100,000 to repair its wonky flooring.
St James Church in Dry Doddington, Lincolnshire has risen to fame for its angled tower of 5.1 degrees, compared to the landmark in Piazza dei Miracoli in Tuscany, which has a lean of 3.97 degrees.
Congregants have been trying to raise the money needed to save the Grade II listed building, which was built during the 12th century.
Richard Loynes, church warden at St James in Dry Doddington wrote on an online fundraising page: “We need to replace the very old floor in our 14th-century church which has the famous tower that leans more than Pisa!”
Loynes told Lincs Online: “As with hundreds of churches we need to raise funds, but we’re as bad, if not worse than most, as we have a wonky floor.
“We are hoping to raise just over £100,000 to tackle the floor, replaster some of the walls and to upgrade the electricity as we only have one plug,” he added.
The church was originally built as a “Chapel of Ease” for older residents to attend rather than walking to neighbouring Westborough, and it later became its own parish church.
The building has also stored a memorial to the 49 Squadron Avro Lancaster bomber that crashed near the village in November 1944.
St James' tower has had previous restoration projects, with the tower in danger of collapsing eleven years ago due to eroding stones and a developing health and safety hazard.
At the time, a total of £100,000 was spent to repair it.