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Project News December 2003

The main works recently finished or in progress include:

  • The painting of the ceiling, decoration and plaster repairs at the high level are almost complete. Repairs to the stained glass east window have been made.
  • The scaffolding (7 storeys high) which has filled the church for the last few months is about to be dismantled. This will take approximately 4 weeks.
  • New roof trusses were installed earlier in the autumn to strengthen the roof. This has been followed by insulation and flooring in the roof void which is now nearly complete
  • The carcassing for the gallery fronts is now complete. The fixing of the gallery fronts began at the beginning of the month. Meanwhile, the plaster works to the aisle ceilings beneath the galleries continue.
  • The underfloor conduit at the church level has been completed, the floor screeded and the underfloor heating pipework installed. This is ready for the Purbeck stone floor which will be laid in the New Year. Work is in progress installing pipework and conduits at the gallery level.
  • At the east end where the maisonettes have been dismantled, the original staircases between the church and the gallery level and new staircases into the crypt are being built. The floor at gallery level has been installed and stone works are progressing.
  • There are some stone repairs being made at the entrances to the east end of the church.
  • At the west end below the portico roof, the outside walls are being repaired and cleaned.

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