{"id":127488,"date":"2024-03-07T17:27:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T22:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=127488"},"modified":"2024-03-07T18:40:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T23:40:01","slug":"church-times-in-face-of-opposition-dean-of-ripon-seeks-views-on-proposed-cathedral-annexe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=127488","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) In face of opposition, Dean of Ripon seeks views on proposed cathedral annexe"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dean of Ripon, the Very Revd John Dobson, is urging people in the diocese of Leeds to respond to an extended consultation on plans to build an annexe to the cathedral, which is said to be \u201cbursting at the seams\u201d…<\/p>\n

Building plans for the renovation \u2014 Ripon Cathedral Renewed \u2014 have already been approved by Historic England and all the cathedral\u2019s regulators, including the Fabric Advisory Commission. But about 2000 people have signed a petition opposing the annexe.<\/p>\n

Ripon Cathedral was the first minster church since the Reformation to be given cathedral status, in 1836. Unlike those that came later, it was never adapted or extended in any way; consequently, it has no lavatories \u2014 the cathedral pays the council to keep open the public lavatories across the road in Minster Gardens \u2014 no safe space for choristers to change and rehearse, no refectory, no communal meeting space, and no storage space.<\/p>\n

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The Dean of Ripon, the Very Revd John Dobson, is urging people in the diocese of Leeds to respond to an extended consultation on plans to build an annexe to the cathedral, which is said to be \u201cbursting at the seams\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/ner0Tgxd03<\/a><\/p>\n

— Church Times (@ChurchTimes) March 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n