St Mary’s Church Ealing

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Origins: C11th and C12thRebuilt: 1866 by S.S. TeulonListed: Grade II*Project Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £100,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: September 20042005 Lighting Design Awards: Heritage Category – CommendedCase Study No: 2006 The relighting of St Mary’s Church was part of a restoration and reordering of this splendid building by SS Teulon in the middle of the 19th Century. The lighting is theatrical in both effect and application. In …

St Mary the Virgin Painswick

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Built: Origins C11th, with C14th-15th & C17th -C20th AdditionsListed: Grade ISimon Jenkins: ★ ★Project Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: £80,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: December 2012Case Study No: 3183 Often referred to as “The Queen of the Cotswold’s”, Painswick’s narrow streets and traditional architecture make it the epitome of the English village. At its heart, St Mary’s Church, with its soaring spire is probably one of the …

St Andrew’s Church Oxshott

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Built: 1911Listed: Not ListedProject Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £70,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: 2015Case Study No: 3436 St Andrews was built at the start of the C20th as the villages in this part of Surrey steadily expanded. Today it is a lively and popular church, very much at the heart of the local community. The new lighting has replaced a set of 1950s pendants …

St Mary’s Church, Thame

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Origins: C13th, Additions C14th & C15thListed: Grade ISimon Jenkins: ★★Project Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £74,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: October 2015Case Study No: 3172 We are very pleased to announce the completion of a new lighting scheme at St Mary’s Church in Thame. The design replaces a theatrical halogen scheme from the 1980s with all LED downlighting in the nave, aisles and chancel. Large pendants installed in the …

St Anne’s Church Kew Green

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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 …

St Mary’s Church Chalgrove

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Built: C13thListed: Grade IProject Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £85,000 ex VAT & FeesCompleted: April 2016Case Study No: 3015 The chancel of St. Mary’s is decorated with a near complete set of medieval wall paintings, originating around 1320AD probably commissioned by the de Barantyn family who lived in Chalgrove. They were lime washed during the Reformation and rediscovered in 1858. The paintings are of national …

St George the Martyr Shirley

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Built: C20th by J L DenmanListed: Not ListedProject Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £66,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: March 2014Case Study No: 3390 St George’s Church, surprisingly unlisted, was built to meet the spiritual needs of the local community in this suburb of Croydon which expanded greatly in the middle of the twentieth Century. The church is open and inviting with elaborate vaulting for a …

St Michael’s Church Camden

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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 the Virgin Hambleden

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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

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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 …