7th July 2014
Smart new fillet to North side of West coping
Centre ridge capping
Cutting shop ready for stone
8th July 2014 – More stone arrives
Starting on NW valley
First strip of lead, North West valley
Lead fitting, North West valley
Foot of North West valley
Where’s the stone ?
Stone arrives!
Our new stone, from St Bee’s quarry Cumbria.
Unloading the stone
Still unloading the stone
Unloading with the crane
Putting the pallet down
All stone off the lorry
Lorry eventually gone
10th July 2014
Mullion cutting
“Raw” mullions
Cleaning up the cut face
16th July 2014
Coming down the North West valley
North West valley nearly there
Upper west wall much eroded
Holes in the windows
West window, lead eroded and glass holed
View of hall roof
View of roof with loose slates
Mullion shaped, just glazing slots to cut
17th July 2014
Mullions are go
18th July 2014
Tatty old Church sign
Taking cement off porch wall
23rd July 2014
Four down
24th July 2014
Choir vestry west
Choir vestry west
Rector’s vestry west
Rector’s vestry west
Old Tracery South Transept
Cutting Mullions
New South West valley
Glass out of West (Shacklady) window
East window through west window
27th July 2014
Choir vestry roof re-felted
Church service in the hall
30th July 2014
Tracery cutting
Final hand polish to mullion
Old north transept mullions – much wasted away
Repointing, one stone cut for indenting
Choir vestry gable reveals faults as cement removed
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