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 Joinery

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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 extension

Holy Trinity has a vibrant congregation and schedule of regular events.

Changes were also made to allow extraction vents to be placed in the top section of leaded lights – as you see these were not treated very kindly by the HVAC workers but the cames were gently straightened and the third picture shows the finished article.

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Queen’s Park is an area in West London located 3.9 miles (6.3 km) north-west of Charing Cross. The northern half lies in the London Borough of Brent while the southern half lies in the City of Westminster.

Known for family-friendly living, the area is centred around a park of 30 acres (12 ha), which opened in 1887 and was named to honour Queen Victoria. The area takes its name from the park, and in turn gives its name to Queens Park Rangers football club.

Architecturally, Queen’s Park is an important historic area, with a unified urban layout with a high level of building preservation. The park is a good example of a Victorian urban green space, and the surrounding streets largely comprise original two- and three-storey Victorian buildings.

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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 the surrounding parks. After centuries of neglect, Eltham was leased to Stephen and Virginia Courtauld in 1933, who built an up-to-the-minute house here that incorporated the great hall. The result was a masterpiece of 20th-century design.

The house was ideally suited to display the Courtaulds’ extensive collection of works of art, which included contemporary pieces as well as Old Masters. It also provided ample space for entertaining their broad social circle. As well as royalty – Queen Mary visited twice – celebrity visitors included Stravinsky, Gracie Fields, Malcolm Sargent, film producers Basil Dean and Michael Balcon, band leader Lew Stone, and politicians such as Rab Butler and Leo Amery.

The Courtaulds also took full advantage of new technology. There were electric fires and in most rooms synchronous clocks which were regulated by the incoming mains supply, and a loudspeaker system that could broadcast records to rooms on the ground floor. Siemens installed a private internal telephone exchange. There was a centralised vacuum cleaner in the basement. Gas was used to power underfloor and radiant ceiling heating throughout the house. Virginia Courtald’s pet lemur even had its own heated quarters on the first floor.

Keen horticulturalists, the Courtaulds also created a variety of garden features including a rock garden, formal rose gardens and a series of garden ‘rooms’, the latter being more typical of the Edwardian period or Arts and Crafts style.

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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 impression that the disaster never happened

Once complete the churchwarden went to review the result and declared - (I) ‘went to see the new windows and (I am)  delighted.’  and a follow up I also hope to be the case -  ‘Don’t take this personally but I sincerely hope we won’t need your services again.’

The good news is that Cambs Police arrested and through the courts had the perps jailed who were well known – who knows hopefully they have some time on their hands to consider their future

Holme is situated in an area which was largely under water and the village sign shows a man leading a horse towing the Floating Church of Holme that was dedicated to St Withburga by the Archdeacon of Huntingdon on 5 April 1897. The Fenland Ark was the idea of the rector of Holme, Rev. George Broke who thought that a church on a boat could reach families living in remote cottages in the Fen to allow them to worship. The horse-drawn boat was 30 feet (9.1 m) long and about 10 feet (3.0 m) wide, it boasted an altar, a font, a lectern which doubled as a pulpit, and a harmonium. Between 1897 and 1904, 74 baptisms took place on board.

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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 from the look. It was agreed with the Architect to rthe look and the job of salvaging the remaining glass which is incredibly thin and delicate was entrusted to us

With the pattern available a full set of perfect match glass etchings have been created and now the original look of the sash pair is restored

The project is entirely funded by the billionaire Dolby family – Ray and wife Dagmar who graduated from Heidelberg University in her native Germany met in 1962 while studying in a summer program at Cambridge University.

Un due course Pembroke College plan the redevelopment of the entire Mill Lane site.

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Here was where I started – the original door lost and the need to rebuild the sidelight and restore the top light

Dukes Avenue has a good number of houses which have retained their glass and next door were king enough to allow a rubbing to be made of their door glass to get the scale and layout correct

Glass types and colours were selected and approved to recreate as before where the coloured glass is suriunded by a Victorian ‘muffle’ go give privacy.

The door was remade again to exact reproduction of the originals in Sapele by Edward Warrington of Period House Carpentry and Joinery - 07827 778843

The rebuild of the sidelight showed all the different glass types mixed together – this was treated to all new leadwork to last another hundred years:

Lastly the top light was refurbished with the name re-enamelled as this was faded.

Dukes Avenue is just across from New Malden railway station and is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. New Malden forms part of the historic county of Surrey. Neighbouring localities include Kingston upon Thames, Raynes Park, Surbiton, Tolworth, Wimbledon and Worcester Park. – many of which I have worked in before.

New Malden suffered damage from German bombing during the Second World War.The first attack took place on 18 September 1940, killing about 50 people and damaging about 1,300 homes. After dropping approximately 150 bombs, German pilots reportedly flew over the railway station at low altitude and machine-gunned passengers as they got off a train that had just arrived at the railway station. Unexploded munitions from this period are still found on occasion.

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The top light has a rose and a Arthurian shield to encompass the children’s names

The strong yellow front door is an important element in any Feng Shui and is particularly auspicious for south facing

This is our first work in Reigate  and it really shows how the three different light levels work with glass. The morning sun projects the glass into the hallway and then there is the passive colours in the afternoon and then finally the entirely different colours form the electric light projected outwards.

Reigate /ˈraɪɡeɪt/ is a town of over 20,000 inhabitants in eastern Surrey, England. It is in the London commuter belt and one of three towns in the borough of Reigate and Banstead. It is sited at the foot of the North Downs and extends over part of the Greensand Ridge. Reigate has a medieval castle and has been a market town since the medieval period, when it also became a parliamentary borough.

The origin of the name Reigate is uncertain, but appears to derive from Roe-deer Gate, as the town was situated near to the entrance to the de Warenne’s deer park.

Reigate has been home to some very notable people over the years:

Spike Milligan, writer and comedian, used to live at Woodhatch in Orchard Way

Norman Cook, disc jockey, was born in Bromley, London, and raised in Reigate and attended Reigate Grammar School

Mia Farrow, film actress, lived here while married to André Previn - better known of course as  ‘Andrew Preview’ on Morecambe and Wise

George Best, Manchester United and Northern Ireland football player lived his last years near Reigate

Dame Margot Fonteyn, ballet dancer, was born here

Ray Mears, survival expert, attended Reigate Grammar School

David Walliams, writer and star of the Little Britain comedy series attended Reigate Grammar School

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There was a shock in store on site when I found that the window frame I had measured to fit the window had been completely stripped out with just a hole remaining. As a result my carpentry skills were employed and with a quick trip to the local building merchant for wooden beading a new frame was mitred up and fitted in short order. The feature window is now installed and throwing all sorts of subtle light shades into the hallway.

The mix of lightly obscured glass types gives goo dlight flow and also offers a high degree of privacy which you want with a porch.

Saffron Walden is  a picturesque, medieval town, in north west Essex. It has a rich heritage of old buildings reflecting its wealth as a rural market town. Further details on visiting can be found here

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The nature of stained glass means that different lighting conditions constantly change it’s character and reveal the details and textures in the glass, bringing it to life and creating a unique atmosphere wherever it is placed.

Talk to us about installing one of our large scale stained glass panels. There are many options to install and display including freestanding as well as traditional aperture installation (subject to survey).

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