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Completed projects
Our biggest challenge is that, with no endowment to fall back on, finance for each new project has to come from dedicated fundraising.
Completed projects
© Selby Abbey Trust / Design and Build Graphic Design Partnership
Trustees:
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Paul Simpson (Chair)
John Engelhart (Vice Chair)
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Canon John Weetman
Jennifer Cooke
Tom Pilcher
Angela Crossland
Grace Pullan
Stephen Fell
Dr. Martin Clarke
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Ex officio:
Reverend Rachel Benson
Architect David Sherriff ___________________
The Organ Appeal
After four years of fundraising we reached our target in 2016, the organ restoration has been completed and funds have also been raised to purchase and repair the unique Harrison & Harrison console from Manchester Cathedral which will remain in the nave to support the liturgy and be available for concerts.
The Abbey Restoration
It is inevitable that time and the elements will adversely affect the fabric of a building as old as the Abbey. A maintenance and repair programme will always be required. Our biggest challenge is that, with no endowment to fall back on, finance for each new project has to come from dedicated fundraising.
Completed Works
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The renovation of our famous Hill Organ and the purchase and update of the Mobile Console
£520,000
Stonework restoration of the western bays of the South Choir Aisle
£482,000
Restoration of the Scriptorium and Choir School, including pinnacles and gargoyles
£800,000
The stonework restoration of the eastern bays of the South Choir Aisle
£400,000
Re-glazing of the fourteenth century Washington Window costs met in full by The British American Tobacco Company
£35,000
Replacement of Heating System
£120,000
Restoration and re-glazing of the great east window and restoration of the east end
£545,000
Restoration of the Latham Chapel and North Choir Aisle
£1,1 million
West End restoration
£587,000
Abbots’ Tomb Slabs
£16,000
Choir Lighting
£12,000
Bell Augmentation and Tower Safety Works
£38,000
Upgrading of the Electrical System
£190,000
Installation of a modern Lavatory Facility
£80,000
Conservation and repair of the medieval north porch
£220,000
Repair of Carillon
£25,000
The Hill Organ Restoration
£ 600,000
The Norman Font
£60, 000
The Millenium Appeal
£ 6,000,000
Phase 1 Renovation of the south side of the Abbey
£ 800,000
Final work and hanging and Lighting of The Medieval Cover over the original resiting of the Norman Font.
Architectural Gates to the entrance of the North Porch
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