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Chapels Society responds to ‘heritage tax’
The Chapels Society has written to HMRC outlining its concerns about the potentially damaging effect of the Government’s proposal to apply the standard rate of VAT to approved alterations to listed places of worship. A copy of our letter is … Continue reading
Heritage Tax
You may be aware that many of those who help to care for places of worship are concerned about a measure that has been dubbed the ‘heritage tax‘. This is the Government’s proposal to require building owners to pay VAT … Continue reading
New community grant scheme
Time for some good news… DCMS is providing a one-off grant in 2012-13 for capital works in listed places of worship. The National Churches Trust is administering a share of money in the form of an open grants programme for … Continue reading
Digital Atlas / 335665 Photographs
January saw the fifteenth anniversary of the Digital Atlas of England project to photograph all the rural churches in Britain – providing a set of digital images of each one, inside and out. This heroic endeavour is now about 70% completed … Continue reading
Discovering Places
The Chapels Society was recently asked to contribute to the Discovering Places blog. Discovering Places is London 2012’s Cultural Olympiad Campaign to inspire communities across the UK to discover their local environment – with all its hidden places, extraordinary spaces … Continue reading
Sitting in Chapel
One consequence of the current pressure to remove pews from places of worship is the realization that the subject of historic seating in churches and chapels has been little studied. An impressive new publication from the Ecclesiological Society (Pews, Benches … Continue reading
Subscriptions Rise
At the AGM, it was agreed to increase the subscription rates after many years without a change. The need for change stems from rising costs as well as a wish to continue to produce excellent publications and to promote the … Continue reading
The Chapels Society
The Chapels Society seeks to foster public interest in the architectural and historical importance of all places of worship that might loosely described as Nonconformist. We take an interest in present and former non-Anglican churches, chapels, meeting-houses and other places of … Continue reading
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