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. Cathedral Denomination Project Award Arundel RC RC West front glazing and masonry £20,000 Blackburn CofE West tower roofs repairs and transept repointing £200,000 Bradford CofE Repairs to bell tower £25,000 Chelmsford CofE Song School roof repairs £300,000 Chichester CofE Quire roof repairs £250,000 Ely CofE South nave aisle roof and high-level repairs £500,000 Exeter CofE Asbestos removal £70,000 Gloucester CofE Drainage repairs £50,000 Lincoln CofE Lead pinnacles repairs £38,000 Liverpool CofE Concrete roof repairs £200,000 Liverpool Met RC Lantern repair research and access £200,000 Manchester CofE Tower emergency repairs £500,000 Nottingham RC Safety upgrade to lighting £75,000 Peterborough CofE High level fire safety glazing to tower and access work to clerestory and roof voids £400,000 Plymouth RC Heating system £100,000 Salford RC North porch access, masonry repairs and rainwater drainage system £180,000 Shrewsbury RC East porch and stained glass repairs and associated work £250,000 Southwark CofE Quire roof and high-level masonry £500,000 Southwell CofE North quire aisle and NE transept roof £295,000 St. Edmundsbury CofE Nave clerestory and cloister and library roof repairs £350,000 St. Pauls CofE Roof repairs and rainwater goods £80,000 Truro CofE South aisle and baptistery roof £500,000 Wells CofE Nave roof repairs £300,000 Worcester CofE St. George’s Chapel damp investigation and remediation £40,000 TOTAL £5,423,000
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 decided to allocate funding of almost £5.5 million to 24 cathedrals. These are as follows:
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