Stained Glass renewable resourcing
A front door always works hard and this one finally needed some renewable resourcing in the form of stripping and re-leading. All the original glass was salvaged and returned to exactly the same position after a clean and a polish – new internal steels along with new lead came added for core support and externally the copper ties for the re-bars were refitted. This door should now be ready for another 100 years of service. The door is tucked away on a lovely remote farm in Stanton near Bury St Edmunds The Parish of Stanton straddles the A143 road roughly midway between Diss and...
Read MoreHolme for Christmas
Holme for Christmas Sadly St Giles Church in Holme has been targeted again: Update – a fourth break in reported here I have worked here before on the adjacent two windows – see here Now the pressure is on to have a new leaded light built and installed before Christmas and add extra...
Read MoreCracks appear in Much Hadham
Cracks appear in Much Hadham leaded glass and these are simple to fix with the correct cylinder glass For these type of repairs we exclusively use P1 restoration glass from Tatra Glass Their P1 clear cylinder glass is the default restoration glass and is suitable for sashes and Georgian leaded lights, Their glass is imported from Poland and is manufactured using the traditional method The actual technique varies from country to country. It is still manufactured in three factories in Europe – Jaslo in Poland, Lamberts in Germany and St Just in France. A small amount of cylinder glass is...
Read MoreNumber is up for Eltham stained glass
Eltham has all the right numbers with new stained glass – built to match the exisiting leaded lights in the door and use the same English muffle glass sourced from the team at Kansa Craft The build process is here from central panel and then the outer areas of the half moon: The existing door is in the same style: Just around the corner is Eltham Palace and Gardens and is a unique marriage between a medieval and Tudor palace and a 1930s millionaire’s mansion. From the 14th to the 16th century it was an important royal palace, where monarchs often stayed and hunted in...
Read MoreDouble vandals – new glass required
St Giles Church in Holme has had some unwelcome visitors in the form of vandals who forced entry to the church. As you will see from this the first visit was through the right hand window. Unbelievably just a few days later they destroyed the window next to it when they returned a second time. The damage was extensive but luckily did not affect the cinquefoil headers which were untouched and a pair of new rectangular leaded lights were required, The old glass was salvaged and replaced in the same position during the build The new glass in indistinguishable from the old and gives the...
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A project to restore an etched glass window in Cambridge in now complete This was part of a package of work for Coulson Building Group and followed on directly from the Hughes Hall contract Kenmare House was the home of Cambridge University Estate Management until acquisition by Pembroke College who have acquired the associated site all the way down Mill Lane. The main staircase featured a large sash window with the upper half retaining a few pieces of original etched glass border which is highly intricate The lower sash was fitted with ugly Flemish obscured glass which really detracted...
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