Historic East Yorkshire Church Gets New Lease of Life
St Patrick’s Church in Patrington is said to be one of the greatest examples of the Decorated period of English architecture and features over 200 carved faces of humans and animals.
Stone Technical Services, a North East-based company, is carrying out high level spire repairs and rebuilding and specialised pinnacle renewal on the church.The company, which is working with Matthew Thomas Architects in Alysham, Norfolk, also carried out extensive repair work on St Patrick’s earlier this year following the much-publicised earthquake.
Patrington was close to the epicentre and the church suffered spire and pinnacle damage.Stone Technical Services specialises in the restoration of churches and historic buildings as well as high level maintenance, safety systems, lightning conductor installation and services related to industrial steeplejacks. The company regularly carries out specialist projects for English Heritage, the National Trust and local councils and is the appointed contractor managing structural and high level maintenance repairs and lightning conductor installations at St Paul’s Cathedral David Stone, who runs the Darlington-based company with his brother Grahame, commented: “St Patrick’s has some incredibly intricate and detailed features which must be sensitively maintained. We’re already familiar with the church having carried out repairs earlier this year and we’re keen to complete the project in order to restore the structure to its former glory.
”The work, costing in the region of £150,000, is being funded by English Heritage and is due to be finished by March 2009.
