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CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL
A program of restoration spanning two decades:
The first phase of the glazing work to the north side was the removal and remaking of all the leaded windows to the North Transept, including the large 10ft diameter multi-foil window rising nearly 100 feet above ground level, and the seven light windows of 35ft x 4ft below. Work commenced in 1991.
The cleaned and restored windows once again delicately illuminate this transept area.
On the south side of the building restoration included the eight clerestorey windows, begun in 1997. Work at ground level involved the four large stained glass windows to the South Aisle side chapels. Each window of two openings 4 x 16 ft and a 4 ft diameter quatrefoil above had become bowed and distorted with age, the glass in places cracked or missing.
Work in progress on the complete reglazing of the North West Tower, completed in December 1999. The windows were glazed with clear antique glass and the work included the refurbishment of the associated ferramenta.
Work began on the South Transept windows in October 2001. This photograph taken before the work began shows the scale of the windows, and the extent of the bowing of the panels. During the last restoration in the 1890's three panels of the upper right hand side had been wrongly placed, and this was rectified during this restoration.
The photographs at top right show the newly cleaned and fully restored windows in their correct order, refitted in 2002.
Work is currently progressing on the Clayton & Bell windows of 1882 to the Lady Chapel, and which is the last major phase of restoration to the masonry and windows.
A program of restoration spanning two decades:
The first phase of the glazing work to the north side was the removal and remaking of all the leaded windows to the North Transept, including the large 10ft diameter multi-
The cleaned and restored windows once again delicately illuminate this transept area.
On the south side of the building restoration included the eight clerestorey windows, begun in 1997. Work at ground level involved the four large stained glass windows to the South Aisle side chapels. Each window of two openings 4 x 16 ft and a 4 ft diameter quatrefoil above had become bowed and distorted with age, the glass in places cracked or missing.
Work in progress on the complete reglazing of the North West Tower, completed in December 1999. The windows were glazed with clear antique glass and the work included the refurbishment of the associated ferramenta.
Work began on the South Transept windows in October 2001. This photograph taken before the work began shows the scale of the windows, and the extent of the bowing of the panels. During the last restoration in the 1890's three panels of the upper right hand side had been wrongly placed, and this was rectified during this restoration.
The photographs at top right show the newly cleaned and fully restored windows in their correct order, refitted in 2002.
Work is currently progressing on the Clayton & Bell windows of 1882 to the Lady Chapel, and which is the last major phase of restoration to the masonry and windows.
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The work at Chichester Cathedral spanning the last two decades has been as varied as it has interesting. The large scale projects have integrated with the work of the stonemasons as they have moved progressively around the building. On a smaller scale, numerous other windows around the cathedral have suffered from occasional accident and storm damage over the years and have necessitated restoration work of great variety.
Here new windows are being fitted to the restored masonry in the cloisters.