Warminster volunteer Rowena Tulloch has received a top honour from the Churches Conservation Trust.

The 29-year-old won the West of England award at the trust’s Volunteer of the Year awards in London last month, for helping specialist conservation and visitor interpretation projects in the last year.

These included conserving a rare stained and painted glass window in Devon, uncovering 16th century wall paintings in Somerset and developing visitor interpretation at St John the Baptist Church in Inglesham, in north east Wiltshire.

Ms Tulloch, who previously taught history of art, said: “It was a wonderful surprise to win this award.

“I have enjoyed the opportunity to work with unique churches and inspiring colleagues across the West of England.”

The awards were presented by Lorraine Ryan of The Marsh Christian Trust, which sponsors the awards, and Loyd Grossman, chairman of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Neil Rushton, conservation project manager for the trust, said: “Rowena has worked on a variety of projects and has been more than capable, to the extent where I have been able to hand over management of the project to her.

“We have a heavy workload at the trust and to have someone as capable as her was good.

“She now wants to move into a career in heritage conservation. The award was thoroughly deserved.”