Saint Paul's Cathedral Restoration Complete

Editor: One feature of this article is the fact that this will be a restoration and not a revolution [renovation]. There won't be an altar table and we trust that the chancel screen will remain in place.

The steel frames have lined the building since renovation work started in 1996.

But with the £40million project finally complete, the public will today get an unobstructed view of Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece.

Restoration work has ‘transformed’ the interior, cathedral officials say, while more than 150,000 blocks of the white Portland stone have been cleaned on the west exterior wall.

Other work has included redesigning and landscaping the south gardens, restoration of the grand organ and cleaning the American Memorial Chapel, which was built in the 1950s to commemorate US forces who died in World War II.

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