Exeter Cathedral wants firm to build new cloister 400 years after it was destroyed in civil war

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New structure will be reinstated as gallery and event space

Exeter Cathedral is looking for a contractor with heritage experience to rebuild a cloister gallery demolished nearly 400 years ago during the English Civil War.

The grade I-listed cathedral wants to reinstate the cloister, which was torn down during a period of religious strife in the 1640s, as a gallery and event space.

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