Before its destruction, the cathedral’s roof was built of 1300 trees in the 12th-14th centuries
Scone Palace in Scotland is one of the historic houses to offer trees to rebuild the cathedral. Source: flickr/AaronBradley/The Art Newspaper
Owners of several British historic houses, all members of the Historic Houses association, have offered old trees from their estates to rebuild Notre-Dame’s roof, if needed, according to the Art Newspaper.
More than 100 estates, including Belvoir Castle, Doddington Hall, Hutton-in-the-Forest, Scone Palace, Castle Howard, Holkham Hall, Powderham Castle and Firle Place, have joined the initiative.
Many of the trees they offer are younger than those destroyed by fire, but they are much older than those available in the market.
The Duke of Rutland, of Belvoir Castle said: “We’re able to donate replacements because my ancestor had the foresight to plant trees that would only be valuable long after he died. And in turn we’ll replant every tree we fell—someone will need them for something in another few hundred years.”
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