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Church House, Areley Kings
Church House is an historic half timbered building sited on the edge of Saint Bartholomew’s churchyard in the village of Areley Kings. Available to hire.
Church Crawler
A website dedicated to sharing news and information about churches, in particular the less well known ones.
Churches Tourism Association
The Churches Tourism Association promotes best practice among those who are concerned for their visitors outside of worship. The CTA aims to enchance visitor experience and also acts as a representative body for all those engaged in this work.
Churches Tourism Network
This network aims to encourage access to places of worship and to advance education through providing increased and better managed access (physical and intellectual) to church buildings for the public.
Mausolea and Monuments Trust
Looking at Buildings
An interactive site with graphic demonstrations of architectural styles and different types of buildings.
The International Council for Monuments & Sites (ICOMOS UK)
ICOMOS is a non-governmental organisation whose mandate is the world's cultural heritage.
PEVSNER
The Website, launched in 1998 by the Buildings Books Trust, is regularly updated to provide information on the latest titles to be published, forthcoming events and work in progress. Information on available and forthcoming titles can be found under The Guides while latest publications, with special features and news of events are detailed in What's New?. To find out more about Pevsner and his development of the series see The History of the Series.
The National Trust
Through the Roof
The vision of Through the Roof is to make the Christian message of salvation through Jesus Christ available to disabled people and those in their immediate circle.
This is achieved by:
- Equipping and training churches and other organisations to be inclusive of disabled people.
- Encouraging and equipping disabled people for leadership.
- Providing support and fellowship for disabled people and their families.
The Historic Houses Association
Information Britain
Only the most beautiful places to stay around the UK have been chosen for this site - one of the longest running travel web sites in Britain.
Church Times
An independent newspaper focused on the affairs of the Church of England.
Robin Millerchip's Church Tours
Robin Millerchip organises church tours on behalf of National Churches Trust and also the Church Monuments Society.
SAVE Britain's Heritage
It was created in 1975 - European Architectural Heritage Year - by a group of journalists, historians, architects, and planners to campaign publicly for endangered historic buildings. Through press releases, lightening leaflets, reports, books and exhibitions, SAVE has championed the cause of decaying country houses, redundant churches and chapels, disused mills and warehouses, blighted streets and neighbourhoods, cottages and town halls, railway stations, hospitals, military buildings and asylums.
Images of England
Images of England, working in partnership with over 1,500 volunteer photographers, is building a digital library of photographs of England's 370,000 Listed Buildings. Text and images will be added to this site regularly during the project and many thousands are there for you to view now.
The Victorian Society
Exists for the study and protection of Victorian and Edwardian architecture and other arts.
The Adapt Trust
The Adapt Trust (Access for Disabled People to Arts Premises Today). An organisation seeking to improve the access to arts and heritage venues for the elderly and those with disabilities. Please note that the ADAPT Trust cannot assist churches directly with grant-aid, but only heritage sites where the main activity is arts based.
The Georgian Group
The Georgian Group campaigns against the neglect, maltreatment and destruction of Georgian buildings, parks and gardens in England and Wales. The Group also seeks to promote the enjoyment and understanding of the Georgian heritage by an active programme of education and publications. Membership is open to all and your subscriptions will enable us to continue our efforts to preserve all types of Georgian buildings and their setting.
The Twentieth Century Society
The Twentieth Century Society is a national amenity society that campaigns to preserve and protect the best British buildings of the twentieth century. It advises on listed building alterations and helps to find viable uses for good twentieth century buildings threatened with demolition. Membersship is open to all and members enjoy an extensive programme of events from evening lectures to weekend study trips.
Scottish Church Heritage Research
SCHR is a voluntary co-ordinating body, comprising individuals from various professions, faiths and backgrounds. It shares an interest in bringing to a wider public an understanding of all the places and buildings that have been used as places of worship in Scotland, regardless of faith, denomination or present condition.
The Society for Church Archaeology
Promotes the study of churches and other places of worship and their associated monuments and landscapes from an archaeological point of view.
Anglesey–Môn Info Web
This website contains photographs of every church in Anglesey.
The Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society
Chiefly concerned with the recording of tiles and research into their makers.
Cultural Heritage Search Engine
A search engine about the conservation of cultural heritage, restoration and maintenance of the architecture, preservation of the urban landscape.
Heritage Link
Bringing together a wide variety of heritage organisations, Heritage Link is a campaigning body for the heritage sector as a whole.
National Association of Decorative & Fine Art Societies
Membership based organisation for the promotion of decorative and fine arts. 90,000 members; extensive programme of lectures and courses. Carries out detailed surveys of churches for Church Recording.
The North East War Memorials Project
The North East War Memorials Project is intended to assist the public, Local History Groups and Schools, learn about and research their neighbourhood War Memorials, and record the results.
Save Our Parsonages
SOP was set up in 1995 to oppose the sale by the Church of its traditional rectories and vicarages. It opposes such sales on pastoral, practical, and financial grounds, and for community and Church heritage reasons.
The World Monuments Fund
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) is the foremost private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of endangered architectural and cultural sites around the world.
Zerofee
This website was designed and developed by Zerofee. Zerofee is an ethical design agency creating strategic brand identity, print and web design for responsible brands and companies, while offering design donation to financially challenged charities and non-profit organisations.
Links are currently listed under the following categories:
Current Campaigns
Events
Main Christian denominations
Sources of advice on church care and maintenance
The County Churches Trusts
Redundant churches and chapels
Specialist architects, restorers, other suppliers
Other sources of help
Courses in Church Conservation and Related Subjects
Lectures and Talks
Other Links
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