HOUSING AND PROPERTY
- Posted on August 9, 2021Chancel repair liability is a legal obligation on some property owners in England and Wales to pay for certain repairs to a church which may or may not be the local parish church. The basis of chancel repair liability goes back hundreds of years to Henry VIII and the establishment of the Church of England. The chancel is that part of a traditionally laid-out church containing the altar and where the clergy and choir sit – usually at the east end of the church.Read more...