Karen Bradley
Main Page: Karen Bradley (Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands)(8 years, 1 month ago)
Written StatementsI 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 decided to allocate funding of almost £5.5 million to 24 cathedrals. These are as follows:
Cathedral | Denomination | Project | Award |
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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 |