QUICK FACTS • Project focus: Re-roofing St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich • Lead products used: 40 tonnes of Midland Lead’s sandcast lead, code 7 • Project timings: Work began in July 2015 and completed in early April 2016 THE PROJECT Since its completed construction in 1910, St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich has been extended, yet has undergone very few renovations to its original structure. While the Gothic Revival design by English architect George Gilbert Scott Junior has stood the test of time, in autumn 2015, Norfolk Sheet Lead Ltd was hired to refurbish the Cathedral’s century-old lead roof. Along with the architects working on the Cathedral, Carl Bream, managing director at Norfolk Sheet Lead, opted to work with Midland Lead on the project. “We have a lon

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