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Penzance church wins 2017 Marsh Award for Innovative Church Projects

19 May 2017

Playzone@Penzance, a safe indoor play space for children at St John the Baptist Church in Penzance, has won the 2017 Marsh Award for Innovative Church Projects.

Traditional terracotta from Norfolk Pamments Ltd

30 Apr 2017

Norfolk Pamments Ltd are a member of the National Churches Trust’s Professional Trades Directory. The family run firm makes traditional terracotta tiles from local clay and sand.Here, Director Annie Leigh explains their work:Our pamments (or...

Letting the light in and keeping the rain out

25 Apr 2017

St Laurence's church in Catford, an iconic 1960s building in south London, has recently completed a major project to repair the church’s spectacular windows and fix the leaking roof.

Working to support churches in Northern Ireland

6 Apr 2017

The National Churches Trust works with church buildings across the United Kingdom. We have been working to increase the support we give to churches, chapels, and meeting houses in Northern Ireland.

Bill Bryson reveals his 14 favourite churches

24 Mar 2017

The Italian Chapel in Orkney, Hexham Abbey and London’s St Martin the Fields are amongst Bill Bryson’s favourite churches

Churches Trusts Forum Conference 2017

7 Mar 2017

The Churches Trusts Forum Annual Conference 2017 is now open for booking.

Revealing the Charterhouse

28 Feb 2017

Bakers of Danbury were Principal Contractors on the project “Revealing the Charterhouse”, an extensive conservation and restoration project to remodel the Grade I listed Charterhouse in central London to house a new museum.

Double trouble for Meeth church

28 Feb 2017

With the help of the National Churches Trust, St Michael and All Angels church in Meeth, Devon is in the final stages of completing a major tower repair project that has proved far more complicated than originally envisaged.