Improved Step-free Access:
January – July 2020
This page is part of our project "Revealing St Alban's Hidden Heritage" supported by a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to players of The National Lottery.
To avoid potential disturbance to nesting birds we cut down the tree and hedge in January before the contractors arrived on site in March to start work.
The hedge cut down and the tree lopped ready for felling; 28 January 2020
The trunk of the tree removed.
The Tree and Hedge Roots Grubbed Out - Early March 2020
At the start of July we cleared the cleaning cupboard of its contents, removed the chairs from the corridor and moved the statues of St Michael and St George that normally resided in niches in the lobby into the church for safety.
Next week the building work began with the demolition of the old cupboard.
The site of the former cleaning cupboard 8 July 2020
After the demolition of the old cupboard there was a pause in the work on the cloister entrance, while efforts were concentrated on the renewal of the church roofs before autumn conditions made high-level work more difficult. Work resumed in late September as the work on the high-level roofs was drawing to its close.
Continue to October: http://www.saintalban.co.uk/restoration/stepfreeaccess/october/.