The proposed campus was predicted to cost £5m, but may now come in at £9m due to spiralling costs.
York Minster is one of 10 English cathedrals which have their own stonemasonry department
York Minster is appealing for £4m in donations to help fund a new facility to train craftsmen in the ancient skills needed to preserve the building. The Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills will teach traditional crafts such as stonemasonry and glaziery, a minster spokesperson said. The centre was predicted to cost £5m, but due to rising costs the bill is now expected to be closer to £9m.It is asking organisations and members of the public to donate to the project, which it said will establish the minster as an "international example of best practice in managing complex heritage estates".
Neil Sanderson, Director of the York Minster Fund, said the centre would deliver "long-term sustainable benefits both financially, and in the maintenance of heritage skills to York Minster, the heritage community, and the wider city".The planned Heritage Quad will be part of the biggest programme of work at York Minster in 150 yearsThe proposed centre will deliver training in modern techniques, offering accommodation for new apprentices.
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