The design for this stained glass feature window for the Religious Room at the Academy is based around the message in the parable of the sewer. It is comparing this to the recent history of Salford since the Industrial revolution. It shows seeds falling on a path, on...
The design for this stained glass feature window came from drawings produced by the children of Buxton Primary School. The school emblem of the red smiley face was cut into flashed red glass using acid. Antique Polish glass was used for the rest of the design.
These original landing leaded-lights were carefully de-glazed. They were fully re-made before being encapsulated into triple glazed units. The rebates on the existing frame were not deep enough to take the new deeper unit so the rebates were enlarged and new beading...
Typical late Victorian stained glass staircase windows, originally badly bowed with numerous panes of cracked glass. These panels were carefully removed and fully re-leaded with the addition of new pieces of mouth blown Antique glass in the central design. The panels...
The staircase window of this late Victorian house was badly bowed and damaged. The stained glass panels were carefully removed, completely re-made using new lead throughout, all of the original glass was cleaned and broken pieces were replaced with matching glass. ...
When the local scout hut was being demolished, a new home for the scout window of 1924 was required. St Gabriel’s, the local church was chosen to be that home. We removed the window from the hut and stored it until a final decision about its future had been made. Our...
The large circular window was commissioned to commemorate St Ambrose Barlow, the Manchester born Benedictine monk executed for his faith. English antique glass and kiln fired painted artwork were used to create the window. The chain around his image symbolises his...
The entrance to the Chapel previously featured clear glazing. The new design was commissioned to lift the screening and brighten the area. The scene depicts the seasons in the surrounding countryside and the uses of the land. Polish antique glass, along with kiln...
In 2010 a new aisle window was commissioned by the church, in memory of a long serving parishioner. The contemporary window features scenes of both the church and the mill in which the parishioner had worked. Polish glass was used to produce the vivid colours and the...
Gorton Monastery as it is known locally, officially the Church and Friary of St Francis, was designed by Edward Welby Pugin, and completed in 1872. It is regarded as one of the finest examples of High Victorian Gothic architecture in the world. The Grade ll* listed...
Here, sections of stained-glass windows were removed for workshop restoration, along with in-situ repairs. The stained-glass was bowed and contained broken artwork. The panels were re-built using lead of matching profile and dimension and the artwork was re-painted...
This large dome feature was designed, manufactured and installed for Wetherspoons. Built and cemented on curved formas to maintain the arch of the dome, the leaded lights feature antique glass. The script at the base of the window was burnt into blue flashed glass...
The stained glass shields were commissioned by the five star hotel. Both the techniques of hand painted kiln fired artwork, along with flashed glass burnt with acid, were used to produce the shields. Heavily textured Norman Slab glass features in the background,...
When Stockport Sunday School was demolished in the 1970s, Stockport Museum Service agreed to care for the main stained glass window previously located in Centenary Hall. It was not until thirty years later and the opening of The Stockport Story Museum, that the funds...
Portico Library was the first reference library in the United Kingdom. This project saw the restoration of the large stained glass ceiling feature. Many broken panes of painted glass were present. Rough cast glass was sourced to match that originally used. From...
When a local Dukinfield school was being demolished, its stained glass feature window was relocated to the town hall. Our proposal was to create a purpose built hardwood frame and provide backlighting to the panel from daylight tube lighting. The stained glass and...
In 2010 Dewsbury Town Hall underwent a large restoration scheme. Internally twenty eight leaded lights were removed for restoration in our workshop along with five stained glass panels. Some required fully re-building whilst others were only partially re-built. In...
The Athenaem project was for the restoration of a stained glass panel. The original light was badly damaged during a break-in. Norman Slab and mouth blown glass featured heavily in the design. These were sourced and kiln fired artwork to replicate the original was...
MANCHESTER TOWN HALL - STATE ROOM WINDOWS The State Room windows had been in a poor state of repair for many years. In 2011 a scheme was proposed that would deal with health and safety issues raised by their condition. We put together a proposal that would accommodate...