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Stephen Taylor Court in Dezeen12.22 / 90for90 – Vajrasana Buddhist Centre03.22 / Bath Abbey in L+D10.21 / 100 Liverpool Street in arc10.21 / Bath Abbey on FCB Studios Blog04.21 / Knole House in Lighting Journal03.21 / Green Heart Birmingham in arc02.21 / Westminster Abbey in A1 Lighting10.20 / The Prince Akatoki in arc06.20 / #onephotochallenge05.20 / Norwich Cathedral in L+D03.20 / Tombola House in RIBA Journal12.19 / Illuminated River at Lightspace11.19 / Illuminated River in Architectural Record11.19 / The Architecture of Intuition10.19 / Gasholders in L+D10.19 / Up and Down09.19 / Tombola House in AJ09.19 / Illuminated River in arc09.19 / Royal Academy in Lighthinking06.19 / Watching Paint Dry06.19 / Glover’s Alley in B-EAT05.19 / English City Gardens in Arc05.19 / Gathering Light04.19 / Signs of Life03.19 / The (un)Illuminated River03.19 / Gasholders in Lighting10.18 / Architectural Photography Awards 201810.18 / The Royal Academy09.18 / T5 First Wing featured in Arc02.18 / Mithras image in Architectural Review02.18 / Bloomberg London in AJ12.17 / Lansdowne Club in FX05.17 / Take it as it comes01.17 / Made of Light Too website launched01.17 / Where is Everybody?11.16 / Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards10.16 / Appropriate Light, Serpentine Pavilion10.16 / Gasholder 8 in mondoarc10.16 / No Drama10.16 / Every Day is a Good Day09.16 / Sunset + 20 minutes09.16 / Appropriate Light, Turner Contemporary Margate08.16 / Guinness Storehouse in Lighting Magazine06.16 / 71 Queensway in the AJ05.16 / In Context04.16 / CP Hart Showroom in darc magazine03.16 / Fuzzy Boundaries03.16 / Oxford Brookes in Blueprint02.16 / Personal project on Documentary Platform01.16 / Oxford Brookes in Lighting/Blueprint12.15 / Is it possible to photograph the lights going on and off?07.15 / Feature in Lighting04.15 / Restoring the Light04.15 / Waiting for a Solar Eclipse03.15 / In Praise of Darkness10.14 / Sensing Spaces01.14 / Creative Review Award11.13 / Nocturnal Change06.13 / The Logistics of Space05.13 /
Restoring the Light 04.15
The restoration of the Herkenrode glass windows has recently been completed at Lichfield Cathedral. This seven year project was undertaken as part of a complete restoration of the East End of the building, the Cathedral’s Lady Chapel. Over the course of the project I have managed to make several visits in order to photograph the project in its various stages.
A significant part of this work has been the removal, conservation and re-installation of the famous Herkenrode Glass. The glass is considered to be one of Europe’s greatest artistic treasures, and was installed in Lichfield in 1803 when it was rescued from destruction during the French revolutionary wars. Having withstood centuries of weather and pollution, emergency action was needed to rescue it once again and the race began to save the Lady Chapel and its priceless Renaissance glass. The glass was removed in 2010 and taken to Barley Studio where the five-year renovation project commenced.
The whole project comprised renewing and repairing stonework in the South and North Choir aisles, replacing some of the external stonework of the Lady Chapel, removing the Herkenrode glass to safe storage, installing clear isothermal glazing, the conservation and re-installation of the glass, the renewal of fabrics.
The glass came from the Abbey of Herkenrode (now in Belgium) in 1801 having been purchased by Brooke Boothby when that abbey was dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars. It originally dates from the 1530s. The conservation work was undertaken by Barley Studio in York.
With thanks to Lichfield Cathedral for the access and some of the text for this post.