Cathedrals and Church Buildings Library

The Cathedrals and Church Buildings Library is a further collection within the central church bodies alongside Lambeth Palace Library and the Church of England Record Centre, and is located at Church House, Westminster.

The Library houses books and other material dedicated solely to ecclesiastical architecture, art, design and liturgy and is a unique research tool for readers interested in those areas. As well as over 13,000 books, the collection includes detailed files on 16,000 parish churches, many containing guidebooks, postcards and photographs; copies of the records of the contents of over 1,500 individual churches compiled by the NADFAS Church Recorders; and  extensive photographic collections.

It is a shared resource of the Church Buildings Council and the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England, but the collection is usually open to the public by appointment on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and enquiries are welcomed.

As yet there is no online catalogue to the collection and therefore all enquiries should be directed to the Honorary Librarian.

Email: enquiries.ccb@c-of-e.org.uk [1]  
Address: Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3AZ
Telephone +44 (0)20 7898 1884 (Tuesdays and Wednesdays)