THE National Churches Trust (NCT) is a charity that seeks to support the 30,000 churches, chapels and meeting houses of all Christian denominations in all parts of the UK that remain in use.’ Sir Philip Rutnam is explaining what makes the charity he recently took responsibility for so special and so different. ‘Our work is not to be confused with that of the Churches Conservation Trust or The Friends of Friendless Churches. They are responsible for churches that are no longer in regular use. We aim to keep living buildings in repair and in operation.’
We are sitting in the London office of the NCT. Appropriately,
