{"id":37282,"date":"2023-08-15T09:03:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T08:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37282"},"modified":"2023-08-12T16:55:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T15:55:37","slug":"safety-measures-taken-after-report-on-cambridge-church-steeple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37282","title":{"rendered":"Safety measures taken after report on Cambridge church steeple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcdea.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/OLEMHistoricEngland750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-37283\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OLEM_Cambs_RCDEA_150823.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a>Urgent safety measures, including a road and pavement closure, were put in place at Our Lady and the English Martyrs (OLEM) church in Cambridge after a report revealed structural issues with the church steeple and bell tower.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: RCDEA<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 parish is seeking urgent specialist conservation advice\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The Diocese of East Anglia writes:<\/p>\n<p>A recent condition report on the steeple at the Grade 1 listed, 133-year-old church has revealed, \u201cstone fall, finial failure, cracking and signs of failure with potential danger to the public on the pavement below\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In the light of this report, OLEM urgently requested advice from the highways authorities on the steps needed to avoid risks to the public, including\u00a0a possible pavement closure.<\/p>\n<p>A Diocese of East Anglia spokesperson said: \u201cWe understand that Cambridgeshire Council Council have decided to temporarily close parts of Hills Road and the pavement on Lensfield Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe parish is seeking urgent specialist conservation advice and assistance to both ensure public safety and to remedy the structural failings as soon as is practicable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bells will not be rung until further notice, but the services in the church will remain unaffected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcdea.org.uk\/safety-measures-taken-after-report-on-cambridge-church-steeple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urgent safety measures, including a road and pavement closure, were put in place at Our Lady and the English Martyrs (OLEM) church in Cambridge after a report revealed structural issues with the church steeple and bell tower. image: RCDEA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37284,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37282\/revisions\/37284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}