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 …
St Mary’s Church Wimbledon
Built: C18th by J Johnson addition C19th by G G ScottListed: Grade IIProject Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £115,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: December 2015Case Study No: 3347 Light Perceptions has recently completed the relighting of St Mary’s Church at Wimbledon. The elegant nave is lit by a series of bespoke bronzed pendants designed by members of the parish to complement existing architectural metalwork in …
St Mary the Virgin Hambleden
Built: C12th C14th with additions C15th C19thListed: Grade II*Project Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: £99,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: December 2015Case Study No: 3501 Hambleden borders the Chiltern Hills between Marlow and Henley. St Mary’s church comprises a west tower; a long un-aisled nave, transepts and a square-ended chancel with a beautiful painted ceiling. Chapels were built to the north and south of the chancel. The …
St Albans Cathedral West Front & Porches
Built: C11thListed: Grade IProject Type: Exterior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £20,000 ex VAT & FeesCompleted: December 2015Case Study No: 3622 We are delighted to announce the completion of the relighting of the West Façade and porches of St Albans Cathedral. This is the oldest site of continuous Christian worship in Britain and stands over the place where Alban, the first martyr, was buried after giving his life …
Wakefield Cathedral Phase II
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 …
Sheffield Cathedral
Origins: C15th with C18th, C19th and C20th additions Listed: Grade IProject Type: Relighting as part of major re-ordering projectProject cost: circa £300,000 ex VAT and FeesCompleted: April 2014Case Study No: 3257 As part of a major reordering project, funded both by the HLF and the City Burgesses, Light Perceptions has relit the interior and exterior of Sheffield Cathedral. The new interior scheme use discrete groups of LED …
St Peter’s Church Vauxhall
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
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 …
St Michael at the North Gate Oxford
Origins: C11th, C13th-C15th additions. C19th Restoration by GE Street.Listed: Grade IProject Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £71,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: September 2012Case Study No: 3279 St Michael at the North Gate is the City Church in Oxford. The church is so-called because this is the location of the original north gate of Oxford when it was surrounded by a city wall. Originally built around …
St John the Baptist Axbridge
Origins: C15th, rebuilt C17thListed: Grade ISimon Jenkins: ★★★Project Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £67,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: December 2011Case Study No: 3241 St John’s Church is a picture postcard historic church in this pretty Somerset market town. The new lighting scheme was conceived using the existing, but rather small, nave pendants as a key to the new design. In the new scheme the original pendants …