Churches of the week 2020

Tucked away off the road and hidden behind the trees, lies the only thatched church in Lincolnshire.

The church is made with local Melverley oak and the entire structure is pegged together, not one nail being used.

" Behind the simple neo-classical façade of St Charles Borromeo church in Hull is an interior redolent of the Victorian music hall." Elena Curti.

The efforts of the parishioners saved Cartmel Priory from being completely destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, protecting 800 years of history, legends and myths.

Founded by monks from Medehampstead Abbey in 680AD during the reign of King Offa of Mercia, All Saints is the largest and most complete Saxon church in England.

Set in a clearing of roses and fragrant herbs and surrounded by tall trees, a simple unassuming stone chapel with the most astonishing interior.

"The largest, grandest and most expensive chapel built in Wales." Anthony Jones

One of the most instantly recognisable churches in the UK with its octagonal, wooden detached bell tower that looks uncannily like a candle snuffer!

One of the best-preserved and least altered examples of a mid-12th-century church in England, with superb Norman carvings inside and out.

Its round tower is the only flint built detached tower in Suffolk.

The remarkable Octagon tower was born from a disaster in the 14th century.