Question follow-through · 75596
Churches: Listed Buildings
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many churches are listed places of worship.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Church Commissioners
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 23 Sept 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many churches are listed places of worship.
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Sept 2025
Answer published
There are approximately 16,200 Church of England churches, over 12,000 of which are listed. Of those listed churches, around 4,300 are listed at the highest level of Grade 1, making the Church of England responsible for about half of the Grade I listed bu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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