 The cathedral repairs will take 25 years |
Staff at Lincoln Cathedral have been reassuring visitors and residents that the building maintenance is on track. The comment comes after a Sunday newspaper published an article which said Lincoln Cathedral had "buckets underneath the holes in the roof".
Carol Heidschuster, the cathedral's works manager, said the building was generally in a very good state.
But she said the programme of repair work in Lincoln would continue for 25 years, at a cost of �1m per year.
'Not crumbling'
"We have scaffolding going up on the roof and we need to go ahead with work to protect the wooden medieval vaulting of the cloister," said Ms Heidschuster.
"The building is generally in a very good state and it's not crumbling around us. The St Hugh's choir aisle has one of the worst areas of roofing above it so it leaks when there is heavy rain and a southerly wind.
"However it will still be another eight or nine years before we get to that part of the roof," she said.
Ms Heidschuster said the leaks were not too serious and all work was progressing as planned but also appealed for local people to continue supporting the cathedral.
One-Minute World News 
News services
E-mail this to a friend 
Printable version 
