Church Going

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

By: Andrew Ziminski

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Paperback | 2 October 2025

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416 Pages

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19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8

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

'Joyous and illuminating' Sir Tony Robinson
A Book of the Year in The Times, Telegraph, Church Times and BBC History Magazine

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.

Industry Reviews

'A beautiful book - in which curiosity, hand-skill and creativity combine in a hymn to craftsmanship. Ziminski is a rare and wonderful voice' - Rory Stewart
'A lively and loving anatomy of church architecture' - 'Books of the Year' - The Times
'A penetrating insight into the craftsmanship of the Middle Ages' - Telegraph
'Peerless ... if there is one thing even better than taking a turn around old churches, it is doing so in the company of an expert' - Church Times
'Joyous ... this insightful book is stuffed full of ecclesiastical wonders' - Daily Mail

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