With the generous support of CHCT, the Truro Diocesan Guild of Ringers, the Garfield Weston Foundation, Benefact Trust, the Sharpe Trust, Ladock PCC and many individual donors from the Ladock and wider community (including Canada), it was possible to commence … click here to find out more
In the astoundingly short period of 18 months, due to the dedication and support of so many people, the eight bells in St Denys Church have been restored and rehung. The dismantling of the bells happened across two weeks in … click here to find out more
St Mary’s Aisle is the last remaining remnant of the Parish Church of St Mary, Truro, much of which was demolished to make way for the new cathedral in 1880. There has been prayer and worship on this site since … click here to find out more
Lecture for the Cornwall Historic Churches Trust AGM by Cannon Michael Warner. 24th May 2023 at St Goran Parish Church. Introduction. [History tends to get forgotten, and here is a practical example, pulpit, a stand which I made, wood from … click here to find out more
Thirteen is a good number for St Sampson’s Church, South Hill. All thirteen windows have been restored to their prime with the help of thirteen grant funders and three individuals. A grand total of £53,000, of which CHCT granted £3,000 … click here to find out more
At the September 2023 Grants Meeting the Committee awarded grants to all seven churches that had applied for projects ranging from repairs to bells, damaged polyphant stonework and maintenance to make buildings watertight. Since March 2007 a total of 296 … click here to find out more
The Marazion Quakers held an Open Day on 2nd July 2022 to celebrate completion of the long and complex process of restoring their three-hundred-year-old Meeting House, the oldest public building in Marazion. We were delighted to join the Friends to … click here to find out more
We are delighted to report that work is well underway to repair the chancel roof at St Andrew’s Stratton for which the CHCT pledged a grant of £3,000 in September 2021.
click here to find out moreThose words were recently said to me by someone who contacted us to make a donation a few years ago and is now immersed in St Sampson’s Unlocked, the half a million-pound restoration project at St Sampson’s Church, South Hill, … click here to find out more
News reaches us from two parish churches we pledged grants to in 2021 to kickstart their fundraising. They represent both ends of the spectrum in terms of profile in the county: St Mary’s Aisle, the remnant of the church, … click here to find out more
