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York’s historic Explore Library has received major repairs to its roof after suffering from a wave of recurrent leaks.
The Grade II Listed building’s previous slate roof tiles had worn away with time, so a specialist roofing team working with scaffolders in York worked to replace this with like-for-like Cotswold stone, according to the City of York Council.
As the building was Grade II listed, any repair and preservation works needed to be undertaken with guidance from heritage and conservation groups to ensure that the historic character of the building was retained.
Whilst York Council themselves have the authority to provide listed building consent to the works, they have endeavoured to ensure the critical repair works preserve what makes the building special to York’s history and heritage.
The particular stone shingles that were ultimately selected were recommended by them to ensure that the building retained its character whilst also meeting modern construction standards.
As the home of archival documents priceless to the city, avoiding water damage as winter approaches became increasingly critical, as some of these documents date back over 850 years to the original incorporation of York.
Previously, a section of the roof was repaired as part of the Gateway to History project in 2014, the development of a conservation-grade archive pod, which allows for ancient documents to be both used and stored in optimal environmental conditions to avoid damage.
This also created more public spaces in the library itself, allowing for wider use of the building, and better access to the archives for the public at large.
