Clergy Housing

The Housing Department is responsible for all clergy housing (not church buildings) and a number of DBF owned property and all glebe land/property.

Housing plays a vital part in the ministry of clergy and the Housing Team together with the Houses and Glebe Committee endeavour to ensure that all those who occupy parsonage houses feel secure and comfortable in their homes allowing them to carry out their ministry work.

We will arrange to carry out repairs as required and undertake five yearly Quinquennial Inspections (QI’s) of all houses to check that they continue to be effective and suitable for purpose. We work within the constraints of a finance budget and consequently do need to prioritise works.

We are here to help – if there are any repairs required to the property or you need advice on any maintenance issues, your first call should be to :

Property Manager and Closed Church Officer: Alan Kempster-Down

T: 01928 643460 M: 07540 725112

E: alan.kempster-down@chester.anglican.org

Property Officer: Katy Purvis

T: 01928 643434 M: 07743985526

E: katy.purvis@chester.anglican.org

If there is an emergency out of office hours, please refer to the ‘Emergency Repairs’ section, which gives emergency contact numbers.

You may also like to check the Housing Guide, which shows whether the diocese, parish or occupant are responsible for particular types of work on parsonage houses.