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Between them, the Friends of Friendless Churches, the Historic Chapels Trust, and the Churches Conservation Trust care for only 395 buildings. And it is difficult, given their present funding situation, to see how they could take on many more&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defending history and beauty\u00a0<\/strong><em>Caroline Carr<\/em>\u00a0of the Friends of Friendless Churches celebrates fifty years of the organisation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rescue, repair, regeneration<\/strong><em>\u00a0Jenny Freeman<\/em>\u00a0of the Historic Chapels Trust focuses on two of the Trust&#8217;s 19th century buildings<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victorian churches and the Churches Conservation Trust<\/strong>\u00a0<em>John McVerry\u00a0<\/em>on some of the Victorian gems in the Trust&#8217;s care<\/p>\n<p><strong>The top ten most endangered Victorian and Edwardian buildings in England and Wales 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Court Barn Museum, Chipping Camden\u00a0<\/strong><em>Alan Crawford,<\/em>\u00a0expert on the Arts &amp; Crafts Movement and former chairman of the The Victorian Society, celebrates the opening of a major new museum<\/p>\n<p><strong>House Notes\u00a0<\/strong><em>Janet Collings<\/em>\u00a0rediscovers the art of gilding, and advises readers how to prepare for winter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 2007 Invariably, it seems, churches become redundant. 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