The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Karen Bradley)
I am today publishing the list of successful bidders to the First World War Centenary Cathedral repairs fund.
Cathedrals are powerful symbols of Britain’s shared history and are important not only for their architecture, history and religious learning but also as a place for local communities to come together. This fund is helping to ensure that they are in a good state of repair and preserved for future generations.
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 today decided to allocate funding of almost £14.5 million to 39 cathedrals. These are as follows:
Cathedral | Denomination | Project | AWARD |
|---|---|---|---|
Bradford | CofE | Heating system and asbestos removal | £127,000 |
Canterbury | CofE | Library corridor roof | £250,000 |
Carlisle | CofE | Nave and nave aisle roof | £400,000 |
Chester | CofE | Repairs to flooring and emergency lighting | £120,000 |
Chichester | CofE | Cloister repairs | £160,000 |
Clifton | RC | Internal repairs and infrastructure | £700,000 |
Coventry | CofE | Chapel of Unity exterior slate | £870,000 |
Derby | CofE | Nave roof repair | £750,000 |
Durham | CofE | Belfry repairs | £599,000 |
Ely | CofE | Emergency rewiring | £150,000 |
Exeter | CofE | N side drainage and W front apron | £170,000 |
Gloucester | CofE | High level repairs | £486,000 |
Guilford | CofE | Quire/presbytery roof, repointing, asbestos removal | £499,000 |
Hereford | CofE | North aisle roofs | £420,000 |
Leicester | CofE | South face stonework | £300,000 |
Lichfield | CofE | Chapter House stonework and roof | £690,000 |
Lincoln | CofE | Triforium roof and NW Transept | £480,000 |
Liverpool | CofE | Nave roof phase 2 | £460,000 |
Liverpool Met | RC | Repairs to approaches and main entrance | £369,000 |
Newcastle | CofE | Crypt and east end damp investigation | £25,000 |
Norwich | CofE | Electrical infrastructure | £190,000 |
Nottingham | RC | Phase 2 drainage | £115,000 |
Peterborough | CofE | Repairs to four windows | £15,000 |
Plymouth | RC | Stonework and window repairs | £644,000 |
Portsmouth | CofE | North side windows and other works | £240,000 |
Ripon | CofE | Presbytery stonework repairs | £398,000 |
Rochester | CofE | Eastern roof repairs | £460,000 |
Salford | RC | High level repairs and access | £373,000 |
Salisbury | CofE | Trinity Chapel stonework | £500,000 |
Sheffield | CofE | Nave, South and North aisle roofs | £480,000 |
Sheffield | RC | Spire repairs-phase 2 | £189,000 |
Southwell | CofE | South quire aisle roof | £291,000 |
St Albans | CofE | External stonework | £230,000 |
St Pauls | CofE | Stone Gallery repairs | £200,000 |
Wakefield | CofE | Nave windows | £456,000 |
Westminster | RC | Organ chamber roofs | £300,000 |
Winchester | CofE | Repair and conservation of major windows | £500,000 |
Worcester | CofE | Great West Window repairs | £390,000 |
York Minster | CofE | Quire south side and Lady Chapel stone repairs | £500,000 |
TOTAL | £14,496,000 |
The panel will meet again on 17 October 2016 to take decisions on applications to the final round of the First World War Centenary Cathedral repairs fund.
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