EightSustaining heating in places of worship:

Physical, social, organisational and commercial factors as determinants of strategic decision-making and practical outcomes

Bruce Induni

Introduction

This chapter is based on field research undertaken as part of an Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB)-sponsored initiative to promote church maintenance cooperatives. The area covered included both rural and urban parishes in the West Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, south Shropshire, Worcestershire and parts of Herefordshire. The areas chosen may or may not be representative of the United Kingdom as a whole.

Informal conversations were conducted with:

  • churchwardens
  • place of worship support officers
  • vicars and archdeacons
  • architects ...

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