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Ecclesistical & Heritage World No.99

Modern Look To Sinktops For V&A

Durable stainless steel sinktops, made to measure by GEC Anderson, have earned a place in history as part of the major facilities upgrade recently completed at the V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, London.

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Design Team To Revitalise Historic Town

The design team behind the Bristol waterfront development Temple Quay 2 are set to breathe new life in to the heart of a historic Stoke-on-Trent town.

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Planning 'Red Tape' To Be Cut

It's not just the economy that is being cut-back as there's to be less fuss and 'red tape' around planning applications across the UK.

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Greenwich Park Ground Preparation Work Begins

Work will begin this week at Greenwich Park to make it ready to host the Olympic Equestrian competition in 2012.

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Hargreaves' Lock Gates

Hargreaves’ lock gates contract helping keep the Cam a punting paradise

Waterways restoration experts Hargreaves Lock Gates have installed new lock gates for a Grade ll listed lock on Cambridge’s River Cam.

The Jesus Green lock lies in a conservation area and forms a major gateway to the river’s “middle” section. Known as the College Backs, this section is world renowned as a “punting paradise” and is synonymous with the University of Cambridge which marked its 800th anniversary in 2009.

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Work Begins On £48m University Development

Preparations are underway for work on a £48 million development at Durham University.

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Want to know how old your building structure really is?

Dendrochronology 

Dendrochronology (tree-ring dating) has, in recent years, become a standard procedure in the investigation and interpretation of ecclesiastical properties.  InEnglandthis is largely the result of such studies being funded by English Heritage, most often as part of their grant-aided support of repairs and renovations to parish churches and associated properties, and to some of our magnificent cathedrals.

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Liverpool Celebrates £50m Library Refit

One of the biggest library redevelopments in the UK has been given the green light.

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Chicksgrove Quarry

Welcome to Chicksgrove Quarry – Proud Suppliers of Chilmark Stone to Salisbury Cathedral

Chicksgrove Quarry Ltd is the only source of Chilmark Stone, a cream coloured Limestone nationally renowned as one of the country’s finest building stones. 

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Patton Scoops Liverpool Fit Out Management

A Co Antrim-based construction group has won a major contract in Liverpool to oversee the fit out a new museum.

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Ghostsigns: saving our hand painted advertising

Sam Roberts

They once covered walls across the country with brightly coloured advertising and promotions.  Their demise, which continues to this day, has been profound but an army of photographers have been working to create a lasting record of these signs of old, commonly known as ‘ghostsigns’.

 

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Alexandra Park In Line For £2m Improvements

Alexandra Park in Whalley Range is in line to receive £2 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its restoration.

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The Major Repair Programme at Salisbury Cathedral

It was in 1986 that the then Clerk of Works at Salisbury Cathedral, Roy Spring, first identified the huge amount of the work which would need to done on the beautiful and ancient medieval cathedral to conserve it for future generations.  That work was subsequently titled the Major Repair Programme, or MRP.  Four years later, in 1990, The Spire Appeal was set up under the patronage of the Prince of Wales and the massive undertaking began in earnest.

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