Month: August 2020

The stone surround to the doorway from the Ambulatory into the church has been finished and looks very nice – or at least it will do when the flints have been re-built around it. The door will be tinted glass in a bronze frame set in an outer bronze frame.  The line of lead flashing above the surround will come off as will the two lengths of old render on the wall, and the wall neatened up.

The stonemasons have been working this week to take out the inner stone arch in the doorway between the church and the Ambulatory. This enlarging of the doorway will allow a higher and wider opening, and, with the new floor level being raised, a much easier access from the church to the Hall, particularly for wheelchair users.

The internal blockwork was finished at the beginning of the week and now the flints are being laid in the panels of the external walls between the brick quoins, or corners.

First view of the inside.

The internal blockwork walls go up faster than the brick and flint outside and we are now starting to get a feel for the size of the Hall, although this is not quite all of it in the picture.