From Prebendary Christopher Tookey
Sir, - Anthony Jennings, writing on behalf of Save Our
Parsonages (Letters,
6 June), may be correct in his assertion that there should be
more caution in selling redundant parsonages, but the Old Rectory
in Croscombe is not a good example to cite. He is correct in
stating that the Church Commissioners bought it back for more than
the diocese had sold it for - but the diocese had long struggled to
sell it at all.
Mr Jennings has, however, been too hasty in accepting the Church
Commissioners' claim that it represented an "attractive investment
asset" - as, indeed, the Archbishops' Council also accepted. In
fact, Croscombe Rectory has now been back on the market for several
weeks. It remains to be seen how long it will take to sell it.
CHRISTOPHER TOOKEY
47 Drake Road, Wells BA5 3LE