yes, 325 steps i climb to get to the top of the central tower of durham cathedral. w you notice that the tower needed these repairs. in 2012, i carried out an inspection of the cathedral and discovered what age — let every conservation architect dreads which is the stonework of the top of this battle m e nt stonework of the top of this battlement and parapet was becoming loose, it was being jacked up, lifted up and was starting to fracture and become unstable. 218 feet up in the air, so how do you repair all of the stonework up here? it isa here? it is a huge undertaking. getting scaffold access rpr is a huge challenge, but every one of the stones at durham cathedral tower had to be dismantled into the workshop, inspected, repaired, new stones had to be carved where old ones had failed and it had to be brought back appear to be reassembled. and this cathedral, this tower has stood here since the 15th century. how long do you expect the repairs to last? we have built it incredibly robustly using mediaeval techniques, so we are confident it will last over 200 yea rs. t

last two centuries. 325 steps i climbed this morning to get to the top of the central tower of durham cathedralr the past three years for some major repairs. chris, you're the cathedral architect. talk me through how you noticed that the tower needed all these repairs? in 20121 noticed that the tower needed all these repairs? in 2012i carried out my inspection of the cathedral and discovered what every conservation architect dreads, which is the stonework to the top of this parapet was becoming loose, it was being jacked up, lifted up, and was starting to fracture and essentially become unstable. so, we're 218 feet up become unstable. so, we're 218 feet up in the air so how do you go about repairing all of this stonework?m isa repairing all of this stonework?m is a huge undertaking, first of all getting scaffolding up here is a huge challenge. everyone of the stones up here at durham cathedral central tower has to be —— had to be dismantled, into the workshop, inspected, repaired, new stones had to be carved where old ones had com pletely to be carved where old ones had completely failed, and t

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the central tower of durham cathedral re—opens tomorrow after three years of restoration work. ir works that are hoped will last for at least the next two centuries. the cathedral has stayed here for about 1000 years, nearly. the cathedral has stayed here for about1000 years, nearly. it the cathedral has stayed here for about 1000 years, nearly. it has been closed for the last three years for major repairs. ui the cathedral architect. talk me through how you realised the cathedral needed the repairs. i carried out my inspection in 2012 and discovered what every architect dreads, the stonework to this parapet was becoming loose, it was being jacked up, lifted up, and starting to fracture and become unstable. so we are 218 feet up here in the air. how do you go about repairing the stonework?m in the air. how do you go about repairing the stonework? it is a huge undertaking. getting scaffold access appear is a huge challenge. every one of the stones up you had to be dismantled into the workshop, inspected, repaired, new stones had to be carved and it had to be brought back appear t