20th March 2008, 12:06 PM
A few facts:
There are 15500 listed churches in England alone. Over half are grade 1 listed. This equates to about 3% of listed buildings.
The state gives very little towards the upkeep of the building and the vast majority of the funding comes from collections and coffee mornings. There is about a ?17,000,000 annual shortfall.
Churches are made redundant when they are no longer needed for worship. There are a variety of reasons for this.
There is a policy of not excavating human remains as far as is possible.
Peter
There are 15500 listed churches in England alone. Over half are grade 1 listed. This equates to about 3% of listed buildings.
The state gives very little towards the upkeep of the building and the vast majority of the funding comes from collections and coffee mornings. There is about a ?17,000,000 annual shortfall.
Churches are made redundant when they are no longer needed for worship. There are a variety of reasons for this.
There is a policy of not excavating human remains as far as is possible.
Peter