The shortlist
Churches a private person could buy and keep standing. Each listing has been read in full and scored for difficulty from 1 (a weekend project) to 5 (a twenty-year vocation). Every fact says where it came from.
England 7
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St George's Church, South Moor
South Moor, Stanley, County Durham
£95,000
Difficulty 2 of 5
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Holy Trinity, Tunstead
Newchurch Road, Stacksteads, Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire
Offers around £95,000
Difficulty 3 of 5
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St John the Baptist, Croglin
Croglin, Eden Valley, Cumbria
Guide £100,000, cash
Difficulty 3 of 5
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St Mark's Church, Witton
Buncer Lane, Witton, Blackburn, Lancashire
Offers invited
Difficulty 3 of 5
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St Michael's Church, Honiton
Church Hill, Honiton, East Devon
Guide £100,000
Difficulty 3 of 5
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St George's Church, Burrington
Burrington, near Ludlow, Herefordshire
Offers around £160,000
Difficulty 4 of 5
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St Petroc's Church, Petrockstowe
Petrockstowe, near Okehampton, North Devon
Offers invited
Difficulty 5 of 5
France 7
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Basilica of Saint Benoît-Joseph Labre
Marçay, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
€950,000
Difficulty 1 of 5
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Chapel by the Loire canal
A wine village near Sancerre, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
€30,000
Difficulty 2 of 5
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Chapelle du Carmel
159 rue de Strasbourg, Niort, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
€190,000
Difficulty 2 of 5
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Protestant temple of Crèvecœur-le-Grand
Crèvecœur-le-Grand, Oise, Hauts-de-France
€90,000
Difficulty 2 of 5
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Chapelle des Chariottes
11 rue des Chariottes, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
€532,000
Difficulty 3 of 5
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Chapel of the Château d'Hanneucourt
Gargenville, Yvelines, Île-de-France
€230,000
Difficulty 3 of 5
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Convent of the Annonciades Célestes
Saint-Amour, Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
€180,000
Difficulty 5 of 5
Italy 5
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San Libertino
Old town, Agrigento, Agrigento, Sicily
€32,000
Difficulty 3 of 5
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Pieve di Santo Stefano
Monteaguzzo, above Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna
€135,000
Difficulty 4 of 5
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Badia di Montescalari
Monte Scalari, between Greve in Chianti and Figline Valdarno, Florence, Tuscany
€2,000,000
Difficulty 5 of 5
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Church and convent above the Niccone valley
Near Umbertide, Perugia, Umbria
€550,000
Difficulty 5 of 5
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Santa Maria del Rivo
Santa Maria del Rivo, Ponte dell'Olio, Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna
€55,000
Difficulty 5 of 5
Scotland 7
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Bourtie Kirk
Kirkton of Bourtie, by Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
Offers over £45,000
Difficulty 2 of 5
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Kirkmichael Church
Kirkmichael, by Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross
Offers over £70,000
Difficulty 2 of 5
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Minto Church
Minto, by Hawick, Scottish Borders
Offers over £75,000
Difficulty 2 of 5
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Stromness Church
115 Victoria Street, Stromness, Orkney
Offers over £75,000
Difficulty 3 of 5
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Inveraray Church and Hall
Church Square, Inveraray, Argyll and Bute
Offers over £195,000
Difficulty 4 of 5
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Kettle Church
Kingskettle, by Cupar, Fife
Offers over £125,000
Difficulty 4 of 5
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St Andrew's Church, Tongue
Tongue, by Lairg, Sutherland, Highland
Offers over £20,000
Difficulty 4 of 5
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