History
London's Church House, a Listed building in the heart of
Westminster, contains the headquarters of the Church of England and
was designed in the 1930s. Nobody knows for sure when Church
House Bookshop actually came into being but we do know that
meetings were being held as early as 1936 to discuss the
desirability of including a bookshop within the new building.
On this basis, it seems likely that the shop may have opened as
early as 1940 when King George VI officially opened the
newly-completed Church House.
More recent developments have seen the shop change ownership
when, in 2006, the Archbishops' Council agreed to the transfer of
Church House Bookshop to Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd, a
registered charity and the publishing group responsible for -
amongst other things - SCM-Canterbury Press and the Church
Times. Despite the transfer to Hymns A&M the shop
retains its proud position as the 'Official Bookshop of the Church
of England'.
Throughout all the changes and developments of almost 70 years,
Church House Bookshop has served and continues to
serve Christians of all denominations throughout London and
the rest of the UK - while our website has allowed us to reach an
ever-expanding global customer-base.