| Costain project gets the Royal treatment |
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| Thursday, 01 May 2008 | |
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The Prince of Wales officially re opened one of the UK's most famous churches this week, following a two-year £36m renovation by Costain. Work on St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square benefited from a £15.35m award from the Heritage Lottery Fund, as well as significant contributions from donors in the US, as the design for St Martin-in-the-Fields was a blueprint for church architecture, and from Hong Kong, reflecting the church's importance to the Chinese community. The renovation has restored James Gibbs’s 18th century London landmark inside and out and created iconic new buildings and public spaces.
The project included cleaning and renewing the church as well as provision of facilities for visitors, music, parish and upgraded facilities for homeless people who use the church.       |
