Church Art/Architecture

Produced in partnership with the National Churches Trust, this book is a sumptuous, beautifully illustrated history of the churches of England, told through the objects within them.

This guide informs visitors to churches and cathedrals how to interpret the common images and meanings in church art and architecture. It explains how to identify people, scenes, details and their significance, and explores the symbolism of different animals, plants, colours, numbers and letters.

Tells the story of the English parish church, from the first temporary buildings erected in Anglo-Saxon times to its uncertain future in the twenty-first century. This book takes us on a journey - historical, social and spiritual - to explore what men and women experienced through the age when they went to church on Sunday.

A beautifully presented anthology of quotes from Queen Elizabeth II, artworks of the life of Christ, and words of wisdom from the Gospels, commented on by former Bishop of Oxford Richard Harries

An elegantly illustrated guide to the largely unrecognized treasures of England's remarkable parish churches, "the supreme treasury of English vernacular art and memory."