First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund Debate

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First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund

Karen Bradley Excerpts
Thursday 21st July 2016

(8 years, 4 months ago)

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Karen Bradley Portrait The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Karen Bradley)
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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:

Results of the meeting of the Expert Panel, 23 June 2016

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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