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21,000 churches have become subject to VAT on repairs overnight, with the end of the Listed Places of Worship Grants Scheme.
Visit our website for all the details on what we know so far, and how you can help churches affected by these changes.
This window at St Mary & St John the Divine in Balham, London commemorates the peace after the First World War.
The church came under fire during the Second World War, but this window remained intact.
#RemembranceSunday #StainedGlassSunday
📷 © John Salmon (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Stay up to date with things going on near you with our Events at Churches page.
Upcoming events include a talk in Gloucestershire by Dame Fiona Reynolds on the future of rural church buildings, plus silent cinema and Christmas events.
Find out more: nationalchurchestrust.org/ex…
The Aylesbury group of fonts are united by their chalice-like shape and vertical fluting. Made in around the 12th century, they are mainly found in Buckinghamshire.
This one is at St Michael's church in Chenies, Buckinghamshire.
#FontsOnFriday
📷 © Rob Farrow (CC BY-SA)
ALT A cup-shaped stone font with fluting decorating the bowl.
Local families helped build our #ChurchOfTheWeek, Our Lady and St Columba in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. This Grade II listed church is unique in its bold and impressive 1950s design, which infuses Modern Perpendicular Gothic with Scandinavian and Art Deco elements.
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Thankfully help is at hand. Our Lady and St Columba will receive a £20,000 grant from the National Churches Trust to help fund urgent repairs to the roof and buttresses. Its vital heritage and role in the community will be protected for many years to come.
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Find out more about this beautiful building: nationalchurchestrust.org/ch…
📷 1 © Geoff Holland (CC BY-SA 2.0)
📷 2, 3 © Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle
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This stunning mural of the Transfiguration is at St Michael's church in Enniskillen, County Antrim.
Find out more about this beautiful church, including its connection to Oscar Wilde: nationalchurchestrust.org/ch…
#WallPaintingWednesday
📷 © Laura McIlveen
ALT A painting in a dome-shaped alcove on a church wall, showing Jesus on a mountaintop, in a beam of light, observed by disciples.
Welcome to all the new followers who've joined us recently! Keep following us for news and stories about the UK's churches, and get the latest updates direct to your inbox by signing up for our monthly newsletter: nationalchurchestrust.org/si…
📸 © Ioan Said (St Beuno, Clynnogfawr)
ALT A woman looks impressed and pleased as she walks through a doorway into a church.
With Guy Fawkes Night coming up, now is the perfect time to explore the stories of churches connected to the Gunpowder Plot.
Read about them on our website, and find out if there's one to visit near you: nationalchurchestrust.org/ex…
This striking window, created in 1965 by Keith New, is in Bristol Cathedral. It evokes the Holy Spirit descending upon the disciples in the form of 'tongues of fire'.
See it for yourself: nationalchurchestrust.org/ch…
#StainedGlassSunday
📷 © Ioan Said
ALT Brightly-coloured modern three-light window with an abstract design.
Traditional church architecture offers plenty of roosting spaces for bats – and not just in the belfry! Find out more about what you can do if there are bats in your church: nationalchurchestrust.org/ca…
📷 © Tom Parnell (CC BY-SA 2.0)
ALT A carved wooden bat in a church.
You'll find this striking font at St Charles's church in Swinton, Greater Manchester.
In 2024, we supported this church with a grant to help repair their roof. Find out more about what you can see there: nationalchurchestrust.org/ch…
📷 © Matthew Maries
#FontsOnFriday
Three roof repairs in three years hit our #ChurchOfTheWeek, Holy Rood in Shillingstone, Dorset. Church repairs are paid for by local congregations – and suddenly this rural church had to find over £300,000 to make the church watertight and windproof.
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"We were at a loss to know where to go for help when we learnt that we could apply to the National Churches Trust and are very grateful that they were prepared to step in and help us."
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From gargoyles on the tower to impressive stained glass – there's lots to enjoy at Holy Rood. Find out more: nationalchurchestrust.org/ch…
📷 1 © Trish Steel (CC BY-SA 2.0)
📷 2, 5 © michaelday_bath (CC BY-NC 2.0)
📷 3, 4 © Basher Eyre (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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