Planning documents from the National Trust stated additional repairs on the Grade I-listed building’s roof had been carried out while the scope of works to its lift shaft had changed.
The National Trust’s retrospective planning application added it came after additional defects had been found including extensive decay in parts of the building during repairs last autumn and winter.
The latest application comes after plans lodged in July last year warned the upper section of the building’s lift shaft could collapse unless repairs were carried out.
An inspection of the building, in Minster Yard, found loose bricks and a bulge in brickwork at the top of the redundant lift shaft facing Gray’s Court.
The National Trust originally planned to dismantle and reconstruct the upper part of the building’s lift shaft.
But those works did not go ahead and more limited repairs were done after the original lift machinery was found to still be in place within the lift shaft.
The works that were done have allowed the lift’s steelwork and flywheel to remain in situ, with the latest application stating it had minimised alterations to the building’s historic fabric.
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