However,confusion over chancel repairs liability – which dates back to Henry VIII – ensures only insurers selling cover winThe growing repair bill faced by the Church of England has an reply when its accountants consider how to withhold the rain from damaging ancient parish churches.additional funds can be found from a charge on local residents known as the chancel repairs liability that affects as many as 40% of England’s homes. This archaic rule, which dates back to Henry VIII’s reign and his dissolution of the monasteries, and makes homeowners in about 5200 parishes liable to pay for repairs to a church’s chancel: the area including the altar,the choir stalls and the roof protecting them. Related: Cathedrals in crisis: fears of closure as half face big cash problems Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com