The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Sajid Javid)
I am today publishing the list of successful bidders to the second round of the First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund.
The £20 million Fund, which was announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at Budget 2014, enables cathedrals to undertake urgent repair work. Cathedrals are powerful symbols of Britain’s shared history and are especially important as the nation comes together to commemorate the centenary of the first world war.
Decisions on funding allocations are taken by an expert panel which considers the grant applications against the published criteria for the scheme and decides which cathedrals should receive funding. The panel is chaired by Sir Paul Ruddock and includes senior figures from English Heritage, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Church of England and the Catholic Church, as well as church architects, architectural historians and grant giving experts.
I am pleased to confirm that the panel has decided to allocate funding of almost £8.3million to 31 cathedrals in the second round. These are as follows:
Cathedral | Denomination | Funding | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
Arundel | Catholic | £200,000 | Repairs to south side windows |
Birmingham St Chads | Catholic | £227,000 | High level repairs |
Blackburn Cathedral | CofE | £314,251 | High level repairs |
Bradford | CofE | £349,479 | Repairs to State Gate |
Bristol | CofE | £184,000 | Replacement boilers |
Canterbury | CofE | £150,00 | Repairs to north west transept |
Chelmsford | CofE | £268,622 | Repairs to tower |
Chester | CofE | £300,000 | High level works and emergency lighting |
Chichester | CofE | £100,000 | Replacing roof to south-east transept |
Clifton (Bristol) | Catholic | £600,000 | Roof repairs |
Coventry | CofE | £216,265 | Repairs to crypts |
Ely | CofE | £392,060 | Repairs to south transept |
Exeter | CofE | £277,547 | Repairs to Chapel of St Andrew and St Catherine |
Hereford | CofE | £300,000 | Repairs to roofs |
Lancaster | Catholic | £15,000 | Replacement electrical distribution board |
Lincoln | CofE | £300,000 | Repairs to north-west transept triforium roof |
Liverpool Anglican | CofE | £275,000 | Repairs to Lady Chapel and nave roof |
Manchester | CofE | £225,000 | Roof replacement/reinstatement |
Newcastle | CofE | £155,572 | Repairs to library roof |
Norwich | CofE | £491,000 | Works to north clerestory and presbytery |
Peterborough | Catholic | £88,433 | Repairs to Old Baptistry Gable |
Portsmouth | CofE | £594,783 | Repairs to tower and south transept |
Rochester | CofE | £153,000 | Repairs to roof |
Ripon | CofE | £354,617 | Repairs to north transept and east elevation |
Sheffield St Marie | Catholic | £270,528 | Repairs to spire |
Southwark (St Georges) | Catholic | £167,000 | Repairs to parapets |
Truro | CofE | £500,000 | Repairs to nave and nave aisle roof |
Wakefield | CofE | £220,000 | Repairs to lead roof of quire and nave |
Wells | CofE | £160,000 | Repairs to north nave aisle roof |
Worcester | CofE | £250,316 | Repairs to east window |
York Minster | CofE | £200,000 | Repairs to Camera Cantorum Stonework stonework and roof |
Total Amount | £8,299,473 |
The panel will meet again in February 2015 to take decisions on applications to the third and final round of the First World War Centenary Cathedral repairs fund.