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Restoration project, Aberfeldy

Extensive restoration work was planned on a hall in Aberfeldy, which had damage to two stained glass windows, one at either end of the hall, comprising three panels each.  Pat volunteered to repair the glass panels as part of the overall project.  It was considered not practical to remove the panels from the building, so the repair had to be attempted in situ - a first for us.  In total 13 pieces of glass had to be replaced and re-cemented.  12 were broken or cracked or had been inappropriately repaired in the past, one had to be replaced because it broke in the course of removing the piece adjacent for replacement.  Although the existing lead is coming to the end of its life, it would not have been possible to replace this on an in situ repair.  The pictures show examples of the damage.  Once complete we will add pictures of the finished repairs. 
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Cracked piece in the corner of the border, inappropriate previous replacement of broken border piece with green glass
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Cracked piece. It was the border piece beneath this that cracked during removal

The Townhouse Aberfeldy - Restoration

Taybank Glass were commissioned to make 10 leaded panels as part of the restoration of a Grade B listed building in Aberfeldy - the former Palace Hotel - now restored and re-opened as The Townhouse, Aberfeldy. 

Of the ten panels, only three damaged windows were available to us to attempt to restore.  The largest panel had been so badly damaged it had been scrapped.  This had to be reproduced based on photographs alone.

Recovery

The three  existing panels were disassembled and as much of the original glass as possible was recovered and re-used.  This included gluing together some pieces of blue glass that we could not match with a modern equivalent. 

Project Milestones

Research for the project and the construction of working drawings began in June 2015.  In Phase 1 we constructed a pair of matching panels based on two of the extant but damaged panels.  These were completed in August 2015 and the second of the two was installed on August 25th.  Work in the Studio then moved on to Panel 3, while at the same time research work for the largest panel and construction of a working drawing continued in parallel.  Panel 3 was completed and installed towards the end of September 2015.  A key challenge in re-creating Panel 4 was the central piece of clear glass.  From the recovery of the centre-pieces of panels 1-3, it seemed clear that this would have been custom bevelled.  To be faithful to the original, we needed to find a craftsman to execute the bevelling of our glass.  This done, the new centrepiece arrived at the beginning of November, allowing completion of the remainder of the project.  Panels 4-10 were installed December 1st 2015

Gallery

Below we present a selection pictures of the originals and our finished panels
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Panel 1, as received, on recovery from the former Palace Hotel
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Panel 1 complete, before fitting into its original sash.
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Panel 1 after fitting into its original sash
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Panel 2, as received, on recovery from the former Palace Hotel
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Panel 2 complete.
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Panel 2 fitted into its original sash
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Panel 1 and Panel re-installed into the former Palace Hotel, in what is now Girvans Hardware Store
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Panel 3, as received, on recovery from the former Palace Hotel
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Panel 3, complete, before installation into its original sash
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Panel 4, as it was on recovery from the former Palace Hotel.
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Panel 4 complete and re-installed into its original sash
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Panels 4 to 10 finally installed on the mezzanine level of the Townhouse, Aberfeldy

The Phoenix

My most recently completed project was the Phoenix.  This had been intended to be mounted in a Victorian style fire screen on completion.  Being busy over Christmas it "rose from the ashes" slower than expected.  Now complete aside from framing. 
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The construction phase underway
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Phoenix still rising ...... interesting construction challenge ahead, with apiece 150 needing to wrap around the leg feathers and claw .....
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Construction and soldering complete, first impression of what the finished panel might look like. Picture taken on the light table allowing the colours of all the glasses to be seen for the first time.
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Phoenix back in the ashes! The next stage of cementing is underway. The nice shiny Phoenix is buried in "ashes" (soot among other things), during the cementing phase. Working towards the final rising and shining, when cementation and polishing is complete. About a week to go.
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Phoenix Finished, though not yet framed....