Built: C16th Restored C19thListed: Grade IProject Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £150,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: September 2014Case Study No: 3485 The Tower of London is one of the ten most popular tourist attractions in the UK. The Chapel of St Peter Ad Vincula sits at its historic heart and is one of only a few churches that are classed as a “Royal Peculiar”– meaning …
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 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 …
St Stephen’s Church Walbrook
Built: 1672-79 by Sir Christopher WrenListed: Grade ISimon Jenkins: ★★★★Project Type: Interior Relighting and Rewiring Project + illuminated entrance handrailProject cost: circa £223,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: March 2009Case Study No: 3146 St Stephen Walbrook is undoubtedly one of Wren’s finest City Churches. Its dome, the first of its type in England, is generally understood to be the prototype for St Paul’s Cathedral. St Stephen’s was re-ordered …
Tewkesbury Abbey
Listed: Grade IProject Type: Internal Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £500,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: 2014Case Study No: 3233 Abbey was founded in 1102 and consecrated in 1121. It was built to house Benedictine monks and is acknowledged to be one of the finest interiors of the era. Some 900 years later this stunning lighting scheme brings new life to the Abbey, illuminating the fine vaulting of …