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First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund

Volume 617: debated on Monday 28 November 2016

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 decided to allocate funding of almost £5.5 million to 24 cathedrals. These are as follows:

Results of the Meeting of the Expert Panel, 17 October 2016

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

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