The Restoration of the

Church of St Thomas à Becket, Warblington

progress

Day One: Protecting wall monuments and pews ahead of the scaffolding erection, Monday, 6th February.





Day Four: All wrapped up and ready to start, Thursday, 10th February

View from the North Porch	The organ

View of the nave towards the east window	The smoke damaged roof space

Day Fifteen: The Scaffolding is up Monday, 21st of February



Day Twenty Six: Contractors huts have been installed and restoration proceeds apace, 4th March.




Day Thirty Two Architects Photos of the cleaning process 10th March


Day Forty Four the painstaking process of cleaning and restoration, photos by Emma Norris, Conservator 22nd March
monument 33 partial clean	Monument 15 before cleaning
Monument 15 after cleaning	Monument 15 after retouching to lettering
Monument 37 retouching to lettering	Cleaning and application of wood reviver to reredos
Removing latex and cleaning of purbeck columns	Monument 1 careful cleaning around sensitive lettering
Day 92 - 15th May The scaffolding has been removed from the nave.
The walls are a gleaming white.	Cleaning of the font is complete.

Much work remains for the electricians and carpenters to complete.
The restored monuments are being revealed.	Organ pipes have been removed for cleaning.

Day 96 19th May
Checking that the cleaned memorials are still clean now that the decorators are finished in the Nave	The carpenter working on the damaged pew platform

Day 102 25th May

The final areas of floor are latexed

Emma Norris has been back to give the purbeck marble columns another coating of wax and to check on all the monuments & memorials now that the scaffolding has been taken away
Cunnings Recording Associates have been in , repairing the sound system	Neill Fraser, our wonderful site manager
Day 154 5th June
Mearly done! Work on cleaning the organ continues: