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. In February 2023 we launched Grants for a Hostile Climate: Maintenance and Kickstart Scheme which will continue into 2024. Jill Hore from Par PCC writes "We do hope that other churches seize the opportunity to apply, as – like us in Par – the church congregation no longer feels safe climbing on long ladders in order to clear gutters as part of the routine maintenance each year."
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
Tregothnan Private Garden Open Weekend
26th and 27th April 10am – 5pm. Last entry 4pm
In support of CHCT and Women’s Centre Cornwall
Tickets £15, under 18s free, available in advance from tregothnan.co.uk
Dogs on leads welcome
Talk by Paul Cockerham
Cornish Churches in the Nineteenth Century
From Notes on Cornwall’s Churches by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (c. 1805-10),
and Sir Stephen Glynne (c. 1840-70)
2pm 1st May St Ewe
For complete list of dates for 2025 see here
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
Any event with proceeds split in aid of CHCT at any time is welcome.
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
Over the past three years, thanks to Joanna Mattingly, we have been privileged to be addressed by renowned experts on different stages of church architectural development. To date we have worked through the Romanesque, Early English and Decorated periods. In 2021 we hope to move on to Perpendicular period. 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.
