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VMZINC - a long history

Today zinc is often considered by architects as a way of giving the exterior of a building an exciting and modern look - and indeed it is. However VMZINC has a long history extending back to the beginning of the 19th century.

Jonathan Lowy, product manager at VMZINC, explains where VMZINC has come from and where it stands today in the heritage roofing sector.

From Pews to Pods – All Souls Church Finally Starts on Site

This week sees the much anticipated project at All Souls Church in Bolton start on site.

All Souls is set to become a modern, multi-functional space for the local community and people of Bolton. It aims to be a ground breaking national flagship project that will turn a disused historic church into a community centre for all local people whilst offering community engagement, training and educational opportunities throughout the 52 week construction programme.

Lighting Dynamics complete another stunning church lighting project

Lighting Dynamics UK, based in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, has recently designed and completed the installation of yet another stunning lighting project for the magnificent and sumptuous interior of St Augustine of Hippo Church in Edgbaston, Birmingham.

St Augustine's, a Grade II* building, has been a splendid Victorian landmark at the centre of the Conservation Area that bears its name since the church was first consecrated in 1868.

Roofers learn the ropes to repair Manchester’s Jewel

Ecclesiastical & Heritage World Hempstock Manchester Town Hall Extension Central Library The elevations and roofs of the Town Hall Extension are well known iconic land marks for anyone in Manchester and are an imposing sight – the 20 metre-high roofs having in the region of 400 tonnes of sand-cast lead sheet installed on them.

J Hempstock & Co Ltd became involved in the project in November 2010 when the interviewing process began with the client, architect, English Heritage and principal contractor. Initial design ideas for access strategies were offered, which was considered the most difficult aspect of the work.

NE restorers crowned with Royal recognition

Darlington-based Stone Technical Services has again received a top honour for its part in a major historic restoration project

Following its recent success at the Waterways Renaissance Awards where the company was recognised for its involvement in the renovation project on the Lune Aqueduct near Lancaster, Stone has again been named in a prestigious award.

Old Library Furniture Restoration

Following a full survey of the historic furniture collections completed by Heritage Project Management (HPM) in 2012, several items were identified as needing repair and conservation / restoration.

The large 16 seat Readers Tables from the Main Reading Room of the Central Library are one of the best-known features from the public areas of the building.

Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle

The Heritage Skills Centre is a new-build single storey structure set within the grounds of Lincoln Castle, a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument. The project ran alongside the broader £19.9M Lincoln Castle Revealed project, for which the Practice has also been appointed.

CISRS attends Newcastle College scaffolding day

CISRS Training Manager, Dave Mosley recently attended the annual Scaffolding Skills Challenge day at Newcastle College – to congratulate the young scaffolding apprentices.

The annual event was sponsored by NASC members, Pyeroy and saw Newcastle College-trained Year 1 and 2 scaffolding apprentices compete in front of an audience of North East employers to see who could erect the safest and most technically accurate structure.

Stories in Stone

The Welsh Government’s historic environment service, Cadw, looks after 129 of Wales’s historic sites. Here, Cadw’s former Inspector of Ancient Monuments, Dr Sian Rees, explores the intricate and beautiful architecture of St Winefride’s Holy Well in north Wales, and the clues it gives us to the site’s rich history – from the martyrdom of St Winefride in the seventh century to the well’s fame as a medieval pilgrimage site.

Inside the chapel at St Winefride’s Well there is a wealth of history to be found simply by looking up. There, partly hidden in the shadows, is a huge carved stone hanging delicately by a coronet of carved angels from the centre of the vaulted roof.

Green heat meets high tech meets the hallowed cloisters of Manchester Cathedral.

Reverend Christina ten Wolde, NSM cleric-in-charge of St Peter's Aberdyfi is seen blessing a robot drill rig and its crew as it prepares to leave the wilds of Snowdonia for ultra urban Manchester. This specially designed radial rig is almost ballet-like in its flexibility and lightness of footprint and therefore able to bring all the benefits of ground source heat to the most inaccessible of places - that could mean out in the wilds or in the middle of the concrete jungle.

Fire & Rescue Station, Birstall by Norman & Underwood

New headquarters building and fire station located in the Leicestershire village of Birstall. The fire station which opened in April this year has been announced as the new Leicestershire fire and rescue service's headquarters.

The project to build the fire station cost around £11m and has been completed on schedule. The fire station will be replacing that of Syston’s fire and rescue station which was closed down for good in April this year.

Lantern at St Paul's Cathedral combines form and function

Dernier & Hamlyn manufactured a 1.6m high lantern for St Paul’s Cathedral’s South Portico. The design of the lantern was conceived by St Paul’s Cathedral’s surveyor to the fabric, Martin Stancliffe, who took his inspiration from another Dernier & Hamlyn lantern at The Royal Naval College in Greenwich.

He comments: "The installation of this lantern is an important element of our aim to make the Southern entrance a welcoming access point for visitors to the Cathedral.”

Blickling Hall Cisterns by Turners Ornamental Leadwork

Brian Turner's brief at Blickling Hall was to make a planter - something that could go under a window about a meter wide and about 500mm X 600 deep.

On visiting the front entrance of Blickling Hall you approach down a long drive with a ewe hedge on both sides, which is huge and hundreds of years old, coming into an outer courtyard with wings on both sides. Then standing in front of you is a wonderful old wooden door leading into an inner court yard over a stone bridge.

Once in the courtyard, it is the ideal location for two corner planters/cisterns. The front panels are 1200mm long and 900mm tall and weigh 453 kilos. The two planters were designed using the ornamentation on the bridge and facade linking the planter / cistern to the hall. They could be there for 1,000 years plus as there are examples of lead work lasting 4,000 years. All casting have been cast in a sand bed.

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