Lincoln Cathedral Visitor Centre

by Simpson & Brown with Landscape Projects  

Client Lincoln Cathedral  

Awards RIBA East Midlands Award 2023, RIBA East Midlands Conservation Award 2023, RIBA East Midlands Building of the Year 2023 (sponsored by EH Smith)

Any historic building of significance that needs to attract visitors to both engage with and sustain it, will often struggle to provide for those visitors’ needs, such as café, toilets, and shop, if they are also forced into the heritage asset. Moving these into nearby accommodation is the standard practice these days, but at Lincoln Cathedral this has been achieved with subtle elegance. 

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Contractor William Birch & Sons Ltd

Quality Surveyor Brundell Wooley 

Landscape Architect Landscape Projects 

Structural Engineer Elliott Wood 

Project Management Cragg Management 

Gross internal area in m2 685