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St Cross - progress July-August 2010

 

exterior - north side

nave from west end - lots of scaffolding in the bell tower

scaffolding in the chancel - glimpses of the restored ceiling

enormous ducting - on its way to the top of the archive stores

entrance to south archive store - old south door just visible

inside the north archive store

alcove in north archive store

stained glass - north window visible through store doors

ducting waiting to be installed on top of the south archive store

south archive store

a bit of the east window

lots of plant in the vestry

beautifully cleaned and repaired glass in the vestry

cleaned stonework - looking like new

nave looking east, from the upper scaffolding gallery

ducting arrangements

the cleaned and restored nave ceiling

the cleaned and restored painting on the chancel arch

scaffolding on the south side - looking out the clerestory windows

another high-level view

more ducting and cleaned stonework

angel lights above main east window

unusual to have stained glass windows that open

one of the same windows, closed

central angel panels in the chancel ceiling

central panel, chancel ceiling

cleaned and restored chancel ceiling

 

- Anna Sander


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