Following on from the project in early October at
St. Cross I worked there on the painting of the tower interior for
McNeilage Conservation. They had begun with a smaller team cleaning and conserving the inside and I joined them to paint the stone walls following this.
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| The top lift of the scaffold inside the tower |
The wonderful painted ceiling was conserved prior to my arrival and I worked with the team painting an oil based distemper on the walls, arches and walkways below.
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| The bottom lift of the three large scaffold floors. |
The oil based distemper was used as lime wash would not adhere to the layers of previous paint. On most areas two or more coats were used to provide good coverage over the stones which were more porous. Repairs were also carried out on a vaulted ceiling over the south transept.
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| The church during the project. |
Both this project and the one highlighted last week were part of a large conservation project at the hospital, England's oldest charitable institution.
Next Friday will highlight the second project at Tewkesbury Abbey I took part in.
