24 DECEMBER 1954, Page 11

Mouldering Churches

It is indeed about time that the War Damage Commission Was allowed by its employers, if it has any employers, to be ?tore generous in its grants to buildings whose aesthetic merit 13 widely acknowledged. Every year the gap between the grant which the Commission will give to a damaged building and the actual cost of rebuilding grows greater, as time and More cause shut buildings to moulder still further away. More and more are the sums we have to raise by voluntary subscription. This is particularly true of those City churches Which are only partially damaged and not roofless.