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WWII code-breaker home Bletchley Park gets vital repairs

Seeping rainwater has threatened the structure of the Grade II listed Victorian Gothic building near Milton Keynes, described as being as important as the Cabinet War Rooms.

The Bletchley Park Trust spent £100,000 starting repairs on the Victorian roof this summer but ran out of money.

Simon Greenish, director of the trust, said the work was the "first really big step" in saving the building and turning it into a "world class" £10 million education and heritage centre.

He said of Bletchley Park: "Only the Cabinet War Rooms are of equal importance. It was in these two places that the outcome of World War Two was decided."

The grant will make the building water-tight and ensure its interior features - such as decorative plaster work, painted ceilings and timber panelling - do not deteriorate further.

Despite its critical importance to modern British history, Bletchley Park is not funded directly by the government. It was in a very poor state of repair when the trust took it on in 1992, turning it into a museum.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)