from Religion Media Centre
Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register shows that there are now almost 1,000 churches, chapels, cathedrals, meeting houses and other places of worship at risk.
An analysis carried out by the National Churches Trust, shows that Shropshire, the East Midlands, Devon, Cornwall, Herefordshire, Norfolk and parts of inner and central London contain the greatest number of places of worship on the register. The register shows 56 places of worship have been added in the past year and only 36 buildings have been removed.
Sir Philip Rutnam, Chair of the National Churches Trust, said: “These statistics should be an alarm bell for the Government – now is the moment to act to save these important buildings before they fall even more into disrepair. Once these buildings are gone, they are gone forever. There is no second chance to rescue them.”