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Ecclesistical & Heritage World No.98

Heritage Roofing

Heritage roofing - maintaining our iconic buildings

The UK is home to some of the most iconic buildings in the world, from stunning churches and cathedrals to historic stately homes. Each and every one of these remarkable feats of architecture requires regular maintenance to ensure they remain in the very best condition, allowing them to be enjoyed for generations.

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Cathedral Care

Restoration and upkeep of cathedrals

There are some 42 Anglican cathedrals in the UK, not to mention 20 or so Catholic cathedrals. Cathedrals form the most important collection of historic buildings in England. The largest and most ancient are internationally famous, the smallest are usually among the most significant buildings in their region and even the most recent are architectural masterpieces.

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Master Craftsmen

Championing our heritage with modern craftsmanship

Twenty years ago, English Heritage (now Historic England) published its first-ever Register of Buildings at Risk across England, which featured nearly 2,000 buildings and monuments that were ‘neglected, broken and unloved’. Recently Historic England was delighted to announce that over two-thirds of those buildings were now safe, in both urban and rural areas right across the country.

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Traditional Lime

Lime: it’s better for buildings – and for the environment

It is now fairly well known that cement is not good for old buildings and that lime mortar should be used. But why? What are the advantages and what are the disadvantages? In order to begin to answer those questions it is necessary to understand the nature of traditional building, the process by which buildings used to be built, and how it differs from modern construction, the process by which we build today.

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Audio Visual

Audio visual equipment in church buildings

This guidance is issued by the Church Buildings Council under section 55(1)(d) of the Dioceses, Mission and Pastoral Measure 2007. As it is statutory guidance, it must be considered with great care. The standards of good practice set out in the guidance should not be departed from unless the departure is justified by reasons that are spelled out clearly, logically and convincingly.

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CRE Events

After the Midlands, onward to Milton Keynes

"CRE Midlands reminded me of the giddy days when it first began – the venue was packed with exhibitors and visitors and there was a busy atmosphere. The whole thing looked great."

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Insurance

Church Insurance | Ecclesiastical

Church insurance risk

You need to ensure that reasonable precautions are in place at your church to keep it safe for those who use it. To do this, you need to think about what might cause harm to people.

You will then need to decide if the precautions already in place are adequate. If they are not, you may need to identify further action to prevent any danger. When done formally, this is known as a risk assessment.

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Church Maintenance

Church maintenance and repair: Calendar of Care

Just as prevention is always better than cure, maintenance is preferable to major repairs. But, such repairs may not always be avoidable. Church Care offers a monthly guide in our coming issues Starting in Spring

We can help you understand the common problems and areas that need your special attention, and give you tips for regular maintenance schemes.

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Pest Control

Michael Palin warns of pest threat to churches

Michael Palin is supporting the future of the UK’s historic churches and chapels with a voiceover for a new animated film. The 80 second animation, produced for the National Churches Trust, highlights why churches are some of the nation’s best loved buildings.

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Town Halls

The history of the great Victorian Town Halls of Northern England

From industrial squalor to civic pride, the story behind some of the most impressive buildings of the North involve a unique mix of economics, grand designs and noble sentiments within communities.

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Lead Roofing

The benefits of lead roofing

Lead is one of the oldest materials in the roofing industry and is still commonly used throughout the world today.

Lead roofing is a traditional roofing method which has been used in the industry for hundreds of years, and is therefore proven to be extremely reliable. Lead roofing, and sand-cast lead, in particular is ideal for old buildings such as churches or historical renovations, whereas milled lead roofing is a mass-produced alternative, used for precision and accuracy in homes and commercial buildings alike.

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Lightning Protection

When lightning strikes are you protected against this act of God?

The issue of lightning protection in churches is one that has exercised this publication for many years. In this four-part series of spotlights on the issue we will be revisiting various aspects of the subject, beginning with an overview of current thinking.

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New installation lights the way for pilgrims

Ecclesiastical & Heritage World Lastingham ChurchLastingham in North Yorkshire has been a place of pilgrimage for centuries, its church having been founded by St Cedd of Lindisfarne as a monastery in AD 654. Following his death, 10 years later, he was buried beside the altar of the original church.

The founding of St Mary’s was described by the Venerable Bede and some of the decoratively carved Lastingham Stones date from the 8th century. 

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New exhibition at the London Canal Museum from 10 October

Canals were a vital lifeline on the Western Front during the First World War, saving millions from starvation, carrying tens of thousands of wounded to safety and even taking injured war horses in the holds of barges for hospital treatment.

This untold story of human endeavour on a vast scale on the waterways of France and Belgium will unfold in a fascinating new exhibition opening at the London Canal Museum near King’s Cross on 10 October.

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Championing our heritage with modern craftsmanship

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Twenty years ago, English Heritage (now Historic England) published its first-ever Register of Buildings at Risk across England, which featured nearly 2,000 buildings and monuments that were ‘neglected, broken and unloved’. Recently Historic England was delighted to announce that over two-thirds of those buildings were now safe, in both urban and rural areas right across the country.

While this outcome was largely due to the collaboration and expertise of a wide number of professionals, it was also in no small part thanks to the dedication of craftsmen and women who provided their expert skills and services. There is still much to do in the future – but this was a positive step forward by those who work to protect our heritage.

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Heritage Centre renovations completed

The substantial scaffolding structure outside the Heritage Centre at 150 High Street, Henley has attracted a good deal of curiosity and attention over the last three months. Well, you certainly couldn't miss it: it became facetiously known as the Heritage Centre's conservatory.

Ancient Buildings can look solid, indestructible and everlasting. In reality of course they are as prone to the ravages of age as any man-made construction. A large part of the house, the home of Henley's Heritage Centre, was dated by experts as a building of the middle 14th century - the year 1345 to be precise.

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Verrier, profile of a Scottish restoration, design and maker of architectural and decorative glass

Verrier specialises in the design and making of architectural and decorative glass for domestic, and commercial settings. Leaded and kiln formed techniques are used to provide windows, wall hangings and decorative features.

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Essex Restoration Builders Reaches 125th Anniversary

Ecclesiastical & Heritage World E May and SonsE May and Sons are a family business established in 1889. Now run by the fourth generation of the family, they provide a range of building skills with an emphasis on friendly personal service, attention to customer needs and a willingness to tackle unusual projects. A small dedicated team has a total of over 130 years experience and are able to call upon the services of a group of trusted and reliable sub-contractors some of whom have worked with them for over thirty years.

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Stately homeowners go dotty over revolutionary anti-theft technology

A revolutionary invention - developed with the help of ballistics experts - to safeguard against metal thieves is being launched at a North Yorkshire stately home today.

Trace-in-Metal, which has been designed by a former West Yorkshire police detective, fires thousands of microdots into metal sheets “marking” them with a unique identifying code.

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Specialist Bird Pest Control Services

All animals have their natural predators - even urban birds that have had no first-hand experience of predators still carry the genetic memory. The site of a bird of prey is enough to cause the pest to take flight, and when hawks/falcons are flown in a specific routine it will alter their roosting and nesting patterns.

East Riding Pest Control Ltd have a variety of birds of prey that they use to deter many pest birds from occupying an area. Their hawks and falcons are trained over a long period specifically for bird control.

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Dernier & Hamlyn enlightens Art Deco splendour at Claridge’s

Claridge’s is recognised as the finest art deco hotel in London. Having started life as a magnificent private house, it was re established as a hotel and then purpose built on the current site in 1898. It quickly became a favourite of European royalty and heads of state.

Much of the art deco design and features added through the 1920s and 1930s remains in place and has been enhanced over the years.

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Oil paintings - why conservation?

Oil paintings are at great risk from damage by water, fire, vandalism, central heating, damp storage, removal, auction and the normal ageing process.

At his studio in Addlestone, Surrey, Guild of Master Craftsmen member Robert Mitchell uses modern global friendly conservation techniques to achieve some remarkable transformations on paintings from the 16th century to the present day.

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Holy Trinity Church, Leeds gets user friendly heating - with reduced costs

When Holy Trinity Church in Leeds wanted to reduce the large running costs they were paying to keep the church warm they contacted Manchester based church heating specialists HeatinGlobal and entrusted them with the task of making a more user friendly system with reduced costs.

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DeepStore provides storage for WWI Archives

DeepStore Records Management, as the approved remote depository for The National Archives, has been entrusted to provide secure storage for a large volume of First World War records.

Documents from the war include regimental and individual service records, medical records and medal award index cards and associated files. Copies of original letters to families and loved ones from soldiers serving on the front line are also contained within the collection.

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Traditional Heritage Roofing throughout Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds

Allsworth Roofing are a well established provider of traditional roofing throughout Oxfordshire and the Cotswold areas and the glowing testimonials found on their website assure top rate craftsmanship in skills such as

  • Traditional cotswold slate roofing
  • Other traditional slate and tiles (both new and reconstituted)
  • Leadwork 
  • Barn interiors and exteriors 
  • General building restoration
  • Work on period property 

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Architecture to honour the past and fit the present

The Chideock Memorial Chapel, part of the Manor of Chideock, is a building rich with ancient English and religious history. Starting life as nothing more than a barn in the grounds of the manor house, it became a place of secret Catholic worship in the wake of the of the Civil War, before Humphrey Weld, and then his son, Charles, transformed the barn into a beautiful church, dedicated to Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs and St. Ignatius, founder of the Society of Jesus.

Obviously, with such incredible history running through the building’s very foundations, any construction work on the chapel needed the utmost care and attention to detail. Every action would need to be sympathetic to that history, and enhance rather than dilute the chapel’s architectural integrity.

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IKO Permaphalt - History is in the making

This year, as we commemorate the Centenary of the First World War and the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, IKO’s thoughts turn to the construction of British war memorials built to pay homage to those who fell in battle. British War Memorials are some of the most iconic architectural structures in the world and Theipval in Picardie, France is no exception.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission contacted Bell Asphalt to assist with the roof renovation at Thiepval - the largest war memorial in the world dedicated to the missing of the Somme who died in battle and have no known graves.

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About Access is the safe solution for historic castles and dragons’ dens

Ecclesiastical & Heritage World About Access picAbout Access is drawing on its increasing experience of historic buildings to warn owners and occupiers of their responsibilities in terms of the law and good business sense.

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The History of Alfred Groves & Sons

In 1660 William Groves (Stone Mason) set up in business in Milton-Under-Wychwood due to the proximity of stone quarries at Upton, Taynton and Burford.

William Groves, master mason, was invited by Christopher Kempster, assistant to Sir Christopher Wren’s master mason Thomas Strong, to join Wren’s team of masons on the rebuilding of St. Paul’s Cathedral.

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