SUPPLIERS OF CHURCH FURNISHINGS AND OTHER USEFUL CONTACTS

Specialist Contacts / Telephone No, Web/Email address
Institute of British Organ Building
(Assist in re-siting, storage and salvage of organs of historic or musical worth) / The IBO
13 Ryefields
Thurston
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP31 3TD / Tel: 01359 233 433
Email:
Website:
Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
(Assist in finding new homes for bells) / Mrs P N Wilkinson
Secretary to the Committee for Redundant Bells
Holly House
West Ashling
Chichester,
Sussex / Email:
The London Stained Glass Repository
(Assist in the rescue & preservation of glass of particularly good quality) / Michael N Dalton MA
2 Harewood Close
Reigate
Surrey
RH2 0HE / Tel: 01737 221 376
Email:
Website:
Stained GlassMuseum at Ely / The Stained Glass Museum
The Chapter Office
Ely Cathedral
Ely CB7 4DL / Tel: 01353 660 347
Website:
Keltek Trust
(Redundant and surplus bells) / The Kloof
Lower Kingsdown Road
Kingsdown
Corsham
Wilts SN13 8BG / Tel/Fax: 01225 742 325
Email:
Web site:
Friends of Friendless Churches
Cottam Will Trust
(can assist in meeting some of the cost of resiting salvaged items – where they can be called “works of art”, the church is medieval, and where the resiting can be said “to further religion”) / Matthew Saunders
Director
The Friends of Friendless Churches
2 Church Entry
London
EC4V 5HB
/ Tel: 020 7236 3934
Email:
Website: – follow links to “Funding for Art”

Other Contacts

This list is provided as a source of information only and individuals must satisfy themselves of the suitability of these companies.
* - the asterisk indicates that these firms may have some second-hand items

Firm

/
Address
/
Telephone No, Web/Email address
AntiqueChurch Furnishings*
(Second hand furnishings) / Rivernook Farm
Sunnyside
Walton-on-Thames
KT12 2ET / Tel: 01932 252 736
Email:
Web site:
Cato Crane and Co*
(Valuers & Auctioneers: specialists in the disposal of church furnishings – advice offered on sale of church artifacts on receipt of clear photograph at no charge– churches visited anywhere in the UK.) / 6 & 33-41 Stanhope Street
Liverpool
L8 5RF / Tel: 0151 709 5559
Mark Jenkins
(Buyer & Seller of Redundant Church Furnishings) / 113 Cotham Brow
Cotham
Bristol
BS6 6AS / Tel: 01179 425 704
Mob: 07890 087 055
Mary Collings*

(Church Furnishings)

/ St Andrew’s Hall
Humber Doucy Lane
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 3BP / Tel: 01473 726 673
John Taylor & Co*
(Specialists in restoration of bells, frames and fittings, new and second hand bells supplied and installed). / The Bell Foundry
Freehold Street
Loughborough
LE11 1AR / Tel: 01509 212 241
Fax: 01509 263 305
Email:
Web site:

Hayes and Finch Ltd* / Hanson Road,
Aintree
Liverpool
L9 7BP / Tel: 01515 252 421
Fax: 01515 251 246
Email:
Web site:
John Hopthrow*
(Church Supplies Consultant) / 146 The Street
Kingston
Canterbury
Kent
CT4 6JQ /
Tel: 07803 792273
Email:
Chilton Architectural Antiques*
(Specialists in removal of church interiors for re-use) / 26 Windsor Road
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 1LN / Tel/Fax: 01257 273 095
Charles Farris Ltd / Quarry Fields
Mere
Wiltshire
BA12 6LA / Tel: 01747 861 839
Fax: 01747 860 934
Email:
Website:
Eikon Designs
(Suppliers of some ecclesiastical items, including handmade and reproduction ikons, together with the restoration of Nativity & Easter figures, and most statuary) / 3 Manor House Road
Glastonbury
Somerset
BA6 9DE / Tel: 01458 741128
The Pilgrim Shop / Paul Sterry
32 High St
Little Walsingham
Norfolk
NR22 6AA / Tel: 01328 820 387
Fax: 01328 820 721
Email:
Website:
Derek Davies
Claim Back*
(Second-hand church furnishings) / The Lodge
Coes Faen,
Barmouth
Gwynedd
LL42 1TE / Tel/Fax: 01341 281 330
Vanpoulles Ltd* / Telford Place
Crawley
RH10 1SZ / Tel: 01293 590 100
Fax: 01293 590 115
Email:
Web site:
Watts & Co* / Faith House
7 Tufton Street
London SW1 / Tel: 0207 222 7169
Fax: 0207 233 1130
Email:
Website:
J.Wippell & Company Ltd / 11 Tufton Street
London
SW1P 3QB / Tel: 0207 222 4528
Fax: 0207 976 7536
J.Wippell & Company Ltd / P.O Box No 1
88 Buller Road
Exeter
EX4 1DQ / Tel: 01392 254 234
Fax: 01392 250 868
Email:
J.Wippell & Company Ltd / Northern Assurance Buildings
9-21 Princess Street,
Albert Square
Manchester
M2 4DN / Tel: 01618 347 967
Fax: 01618 351 652
Luzar Vestments* / Richard Luzar
37 Fallowfields
Bicester
Oxfordshire
OX26 6QT / Tel: 01869 327 535
or 07973 853 158
Email:
Website:
Robert Mills Architectural Antiques*
(Buyers and sellers of reclaimed church furnishings and stained glass windows). / Robert Mills Ltd
Narroways Road
Bristol
BS2 9XB / Tel: 0117 955 6542
Email:
Website:
Andy Thornton Ltd*
(Buyers and sellers of reclaimed and redundant church furnishings) / FAO Lindsay Hepworth
Victoria Mills
Stainland Road
Halifax
HX4 8AD / Tel: 01422 377 314
Fax: 01422 310 372
Email:
Or
Web site:
Ark Stained Glass & Leaded Lights Ltd.
(Manfacturers of new stained glass windows and leaded lights. Specialist repairs and conservation to damaged/vandalised stained glass windows. Suppliers and fitters of all types of window protection. Condition reports undertaken. Nationwide coverage) / Attention of Tony O Donnell
Ark Stained Glass & Leaded Lights Ltd.
The Oaks
Callow
Hereford
HR2 8DF / Tel: 01981 540330
Mobile: 07710 058695
Email:
Website:
Canterbury Church Shop
(Church Supplies, Candles, Vestments, Icons, Statues, Rosaries, Books, and Christian Jewellery & Gifts) / The Right Revd Damien Mead
14 High Street
Lydd
Romney Marsh
Kent TN29 9AJ / Tel: 01227 379777
Email:
Website:
Rosehill Furniture Group
(Suppliers of a large range ofchurch chairs or benches, lecterns, altar tables, pew cushions. Also bespoke sanctuary furniture, modesty panels and curtains.In these diffcult times we are also supplying a lot of replacement seat and back pads as more chairs are being refurbished. We can make these to match existing seat and backpads) / Rosehill Furniture Group
Brooke Court
Handforth
Cheshire
SK9 3ND / Tel: 0161 485 1717
Email:
Website:
Alpha Furnishing Ltd
(We are a Christian-run company, supplying chairs, tables, pew cushions, a re-upholstery service and much more. Free sample chair service available) / Alpha Furnishing Group
64 London End
Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire
HP92JD / Tel: 01494 670 600
Email:
Website: