About Us
CHCT’s essential task is to support the historic fabric of religious buildings throughout the Duchy. Parishes can apply to us for funds which will go towards the restoration and repairs of Cornish churches.
Read more here
Grants
We offer grants, primarily for fabric repairs, to Cornish churches of all denominations which are used as places of worship. Unfortunately we cannot help closed churches or chapels. Our Smaller Projects Grant, available to Church Friends only, for projects costing less than £10,000 and our Restoration and Repair Grant for large projects up to 25% of the cost capped at a maximum of £10,000.
Read more here.
Beating the bounds at Ladock
Why your support is essential
To enable us to offer the invaluable assistance for the preservation of our Cornish heritage, we need every church in the Duchy to support and work with us so that we can be there for all in times of need.
To support more projects, we need more funds and your community can help. If each of our 218 parishes could fundraise just £100 a year for CHCT we would have in excess of £20,000 additional funding to offer annually. Find out more here.
Cornwall Churches Day
Our main fundraising event is Cornwall Churches Day which can be held at any time during the year. We hope all parishes will get involved and raise some essential funds for both themselves and CHCT.
Find out more here.
£200 was raised for CHCT and the same for Veryan church.
A celebration of cupcakes!
Next CHCT Event
Julian Nott at Home
11th September 2026 6-8pm
SOLD OUT
Ride, Stride & Sail
12th/13th September
A county wide event to raise money for church of your choice and CHCT
full details here
See Events Diary for the full list of events for 2026
In the meantime why not take a virtual trip around some of Cornwall’s historic churches here or if you fancy a day out why not try one of our Drive About Trails.
Next Community Event
Who Needs Poldark?
A talk by Christine Edwards
at Veryan Church Saturday 15th August 6pm
Finger Buffet & drinks by donation
See below for bank details if you can’t attend but would like to donate 50% to Veryan Church & CHCT
Ride, Stride & Sail is a county wide event for all to take part in to raise funds for the Church our chapel of their choosing and CHCT. See here for full details.
If your church is holding any event with proceeds split in aid of CHCT at any time let us know and we’ll advertise it here. Thank you.
St Winnow, Lostwithiel PL22 0LF
Church Histories
Over the years, CHCT has been encouraging individual parishes to write a local history of their church. This is a short, informative piece and is written by the local parish with the help of our historian and archivist.
Is your local church missing from the archive? Full details of how to send us your information are included in the archive here.
Arches in the Decorated Style
Reading Cornish Churches
Thanks to Joanna Mattingly, we have been privileged to be addressed by renowned experts on different stages of church architectural development. We have worked through the Romanesque, Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular periods. We have records of the lecture notes from each talk which you can view here.
Visit an interesting selection of churches on a guided drive
Drive About Tours
The annual driveabouts are created by Carole Vivian as a way of discovering 3-4 churches in a day. She writes about the history of the buildings and features to look out for and directs you from one church to another with suggestions for good places to stop for lunch en route. Trails from previous years are available for a donation of £5. Find out more here.
