Case Studies
St Mary’s Church
Location:
Oxfordshire
Architect:
Acanthus Clews
Contract Duration:
16 weeks
Value:
£140,000
Date of Completion:
May 2022
The Grade I listed church of St Mary is located very near to Whitney on the Oxfordshire, Cotswolds border. The church has an unusual tower; positioned in the northwest corner of the church it is square at ground stage, octagonal at upper stages with a pyramid roof, and is characteristic of Normandy churches. The contracted works included; Installation of Code 8 sandcast lead to the Nave roof gutters and roof, with quality welding techniques applied on lead caps to ridge. The North Aisle roof works consisted of a new gutter formation along with raised sprocket sections, also in new code 8 sand cast lead. New bespoke Alumasc rainwater goods were installed to various locations to the nave and aisles. All stonework's were tidied up with traditional fat lime pointing with heritage carpentry works carried out to areas of the roofs structure.