Posts by Adrian

Kensal Green stained glass refurb

Posted on Apr 26, 2021 in Conservation, Current projects, Gallery, Maintenance, Restoration

Kensal Green stained glass refurb

Back working in Kensal Green on a stained glass refurbishment for relatives of a previous client in Queens Park . These fabulous leaded lights were barely hanging on and ready to collapse at any moment Great layout of house just off the hub of Kensal Rise Chamberlayne Road in Mostyn Gardens. The trio of lights feature large birds and are surrounded by coloured glass of an unusual type made from at least 1896 by Chance Brothers Kensal Green is a fast-developing area in north-west London, in the London boroughs of Brent and Kensington and Chelsea. The surrounding areas...

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Filkins leaded lights rebuilt

Posted on Nov 25, 2020 in Conservation, Current projects, Gallery, Maintenance, Restoration, Uncategorized

Filkins leaded lights rebuilt

Filkins leaded lights rebuilt in a one day ‘on site’ project. Filkins Hall front door leaded light was in danger of collapse: The door light was stripped out and then the old oxidised  lead removed and replaced with new lead came then soft soldered using tallow flux just as original and then sealed and reinstalled. Filkins Hall The house acquired by Thomas Edwards in the early 18th century was evidently a predecessor of Filkins Hall, which was largely rebuilt after the fire of 1876. An iron fire-back with Edwards’s initials and the date 1716 was found in the Hall after...

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Out of the Wimbledon fire into a door

Posted on Nov 25, 2020 in Conservation, Current projects, Gallery, Maintenance, New stained glass, Restoration, Uncategorized

Out of the Wimbledon fire into a door

Out of the Wimbledon fire as an original Victorian fireplace gives the design for the new front door The schemes picked up on the flower head and the flower bud In the process I also built a numbered top light Some more fabulous work from Period House...

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Bury St Edmunds – stained glass

Posted on Jun 7, 2020 in Conservation, Current projects, Gallery, Maintenance, Portfolio of our stained glass, Restoration, Uncategorized

Bury St Edmunds – stained glass

Bury St Edmunds – stained glass and I am back again working in Bury St Edmunds and this  time for a simple door window refurbishment I have worked in BSE before see here The finished article which is top right is undistinguishable from the rest of the original leaded lights: Bury St Edmunds began as an Anglo Saxon settlement called Bedric’s worth. Worth was a Saxon word meaning an enclosure such as a farm or hamlet surrounded by a stockade. In 630 Sigebert the king of East Anglia founded a monastery there. Bury St Edmunds is “The nicest town in the world” according to...

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New Glass – Holy Trinity Cambridge

Posted on Apr 11, 2020 in Conservation, Current projects, Gallery, Maintenance, New stained glass

New Glass – Holy Trinity Cambridge

Another glass project this time at Holy Trinity church situated in the centre of Cambridge which is a Grade II* medieval church. This was another project working in conjunction with Coulson Building Group and Purcell Architects who are also based in the centre of Cambridge in an office in which I was based in a previous life. The brief to Purcell was to provide a warmer and more vibrant welcome and to give greater flexibility in both worship and hospitality. The key part of the project was this trio of leaded lights: which had looked like this prior to demolition of the Victorian...

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