Church Going : A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles - Andrew Ziminski

Church Going

A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles

By: Andrew Ziminski

Hardcover | 17 January 2024

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An insightful and charming history of Britain's churches - by an author who spends his life working in them

Churches are many things to us - they are places of worship, vibrant community hubs and oases of calm reflection. To know a church is to hold a key to the past that unlocks an understanding of our shared history.Andrew Ziminski has spent decades as a stonemason and church conservator, acting as an informal guide to curious visitors. Church Going is his handbook to the medieval churches of the British Isles, in which he reveals their fascinating histories, features and furnishings, from flying buttresses to rood screens, lichgates to chancels. Beautifully written and richly illustrated, it is a celebration of British architectural history.

About the Author

Andrew Ziminski is a stonemason, church conservator and author living and working in Frome, Somerset. He has four decades of experience working on some of the greatest cathedrals and churches in Britain, including the tower of Salisbury Cathedral and the dome of St Paul's in London. He is a SPAB William Morris Craft Fellow, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and conservation advisor to the Salisbury Diocesan advisory committee for the care of churches. He is the author of The Stonemason: A History of Building Britain.
Industry Reviews
'Andrew Ziminski's books are treasure troves of lived and learned experience. They have changed the way I look at buildings and Britain' - Max Porter, author

'Fascinating - a masterly guide to the detail and meaning but also to the glory of Britain's now most endangered heritage' - Simon Jenkins

'From bulletholes in weathervanes to beehives in church walls, Ziminski has an eye for charming details and an ear for a good story' - Peter Ross, author

'This book is an anatomy of buildings we take for granted, an opening-up of architectural bodies to reveal marvellous mechanisms in gold, bone, ancient stone and holy wells of stories' - Amy Jeffs, author

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