St Anne’s Church Kew Green

Light Perceptions

Built: C18thListed: Grade II*Simon Jenkins: ★ Project Type: Exterior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £50,000 ex VAT & FeesCompleted: December 2015Case Study No: 3473 St Anne sits proudly at the heart of the Kew Green conservation area and close to the main gates of The Royal Botanical Gardens. The new external lighting scheme replaces an older installation which had fallen into disrepair. With miniature exterior floodlights positioned at the foot …

Birmingham Cathedral

Light Perceptions

Built: Origins C18th, Thomas ArcherListed: Grade IProject Type: Interior Relighting Project Project cost: circa £200,000.00 ex VAT & FeesCompleted: December 2015Case Study No: 3226 Built in 1715 as the new parish church “on the hill”, St Philip’s is a rare and fine example of elegant English Baroque architecture. Designed by It is Grade 1 listed and one of the oldest buildings in the city still used for its …

St Peter’s Church, Hammersmith

Light Perceptions

Built: C19th by Edward LapidgeListed: Grade II*Project Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £130,000 ex VAT & FeesCompleted: September 2016Case Study No: 3329 St Peter’s Church is a grade II* listed building built in 1827 by Edward Lapidge. It has a classical pedimented portico with large Ionic columns and a pilastered octagonal tower with cupola and clock. The Interior has a large gallery on three sides …

St Michael’s Church Camden

Light Perceptions

Built: 1881Listed: Grade II*Project Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £100,000 ex VAT & FeesCompleted: December 2015Case Study No: 3580 The congregation of St Michael’s Church was begun in 1881 at a building nearby where a betting shop now stands; a service was held in the shop to begin the celebrations for the church’s 125th anniversary in 2002. The present building was the first London church designed …

Wakefield Cathedral Phase II

Light Perceptions

Built: C12th-C20thListed: Grade IProject Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £175,000 ex VAT & FeesCompleted: April 2016Case Study No: 3472 Following the successful completion of the relighting of the nave and aisles of Wakefield Cathedral in March 2013, Light Perceptions continued working at Wakefield with the installation of the second phase of work in the East End of the Cathedral. Continuing the broad concept of …

St Peter’s Church Vauxhall

Light Perceptions

Built: 1863-64 by J.L. PearsonListed: Grade II*Project Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £110,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: December 2010Case Study No: 3256 St Peter’s is one of John Loughborough Pearson’s finest London Churches. The new lighting consists of a family of pendants designed by Light Perceptions after carefully researching many of Pearson’s electroliers and gasoliers. We found some of …

St John the Divine Kennington

Light Perceptions

Built: 1870-74 by G.E. Street; Restored: 1958 by H S Goodhart-RendelListed: Grade IProject Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £95,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: 2002-2003Case Study No: 2004 St John the Divine is one of the larger Victorian of the Diocese of Southwark. It also has the tallest spire of any parish church in South London. The interior suffered terrible smoke damage over the New Year …

Our Lady of Dolours Servite Parish Church, London

Light Perceptions

Built: 1875 by J.A. HansomListed: Grade IIProject Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: £95,000 ex VAT and feeCompleted: July 2011Case Study No: 3284 This project, completed in 2011, was part of a larger cleaning and repairs project aimed at rejuvenating this large Victorian interior designed by J. A. Hanson. A new set of chandeliers carrying the motif of the Order of the Servite Martyrs was designed to …

Wakefield Cathedral West Yorkshire

Light Perceptions

Origins: C11th. C19th restoration Sir George Gilbert Scott, C20th additions by Nicholson & ComperListed: Grade IProject Type: Interior Relighting ProjectLuminaire cost: cost: circa £175,000 ex VATCompleted: March 2013Case Study No: 3142 Wakefield Cathedral is fine Mediaeval building in the heart of the City. It is also Wakefield’s largest public space and therefore a busy venue for both spiritual and secular events. Light Perceptions’ lighting scheme took inspiration …