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...
Read MoreFilkins 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...
Read MoreOut 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...
Read MoreBury 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...
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...
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