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HRH visits Lincoln Cathedral
29th July 2007
The Prince of Wales paid a visit to Lincoln Cathedral today to meet apprentices learning skills aimed at safeguarding the building for future generations.
The Prince last visited the cathedral in May 2006 to see the results of one of Europe's largest restoration projects at Lincoln Cathedral - the painstaking restoration of the Dean's Eye Window.
During his visit, His Royal Highness met apprentices involved in a building crafts summer school organised by The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment.
The Prince is Patron of the Cathedral Fellowship, established in 2006, which aims to expand and establish traditional craft skills vital to the preservation of ancient buildings, such as stonemasonry, glazing and carpentry.
The summer school was set up to allow apprentices to learn more about crafts and skills outside their own specialities and to examine ways of encouraging housing developers to adopt "carbon neutral" building design.
A "bio-brick" structure and a hemp-and-lime wall had been constructed in the cathedral's cloisters as part of the school, which involved 16 apprentices.
During the two-and-a-half-hour visit, The Prince was presented with a paperweight made from the same stone as the building's famous stone Imp.
The Prince also viewed a newly-made carving which is to replace a disintegrating section of the cathedral's Morning Chapel Porch. It was hewn from Lincoln limestone by mason Paul Ellis.
Click here to read about The Prince's visit to Lincoln in May 2006.