Leaking roofs and crumbling stonework to be fixed as 74 historic English sites share £41m government fund
Dover Castle, whose defensive fortifications are among the historic sites set to benefit from a £41 million government fund channelled through Historic England for repairs across England.Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, one of the heritage sites in line for a share of the £41 million, with priority given to areas where fundraising is hardest.
The government is allocating £41m to repair and restore 74 heritage sites across England, prioritising areas where fundraising is hardest and decay most advanced. The funding forms part of the wider £1.5bn Arts Everywhere Fund.
Recipients include Birmingham Cathedral, Dover Castle, and Osborne, Queen Victoria's Isle of Wight residence, which is set to receive major roof repairs.
Burslem's 19th-century indoor market in Stoke-on-Trent, shut since 2003 after masonry fell from the ceiling, is to receive £1m to bring it back into community use.
Grimsby's Sir Moses Montefiore Memorial Synagogue — the last surviving synagogue in Lincolnshire and South Humberside — is among the faith buildings set to benefit.
