Dorchester Abbey

Light Perceptions

Origins: C11th, Additions C14th, C17th, C19thListed: Grade ISimon Jenkins: ★★★★Project Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £218,000 ex VAT and feesCompleted: March 2015Case Study No: 3494 There has been a place of Christian Worship on this site for almost fourteen hundred years. The current building dates back to the 12th century (the lead font is from 1170) but has been extended and adapted throughout its life. William Butterworth …

Birmingham Cathedral

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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 Joseph & the English Martyrs, Bishop Stortford

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Built: C20th by Dran WebbProject Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £120,000 ex VAT & FeesCompleted: Novemeber 2016Case Study No: 3413 St Joseph’s Church in Bishop Stortford is a handsome Italianate church built for the Redemptorist order in Italian basilican style from designs by E. Doran Webb 1904 and consecrated in 1906. The church retains many internal fittings of note, some of them paid for …

St Peter’s Church, Hammersmith

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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 …

The Priory Church Bolton Abbey

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Built: C12th, C14th & C16thListed: Grade ISimon Jenkins: ★★★★Project Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £110,000 ex VAT & FeesCompleted: July 2016Case Study No: 3504 The Priory Church at Bolton Abbey sits in the beautiful surroundings of the Bolton Abbey Estate owned by the Duke of Devonshire.  The current Church occupies what was only the nave of the once grand mediaeval Priory complex and sits amongst the ruins. …

Hereford Cathedral

Light Perceptions

Built: Origins C11th with additions completed C16thListed: Grade IProject Type: Interior Relighting ProjectProject cost: circa £800,000 ex VAT & FeesCompleted: May 2015Case Study No: 3435 There has been a place of worship on the site since at least the 8th century although no part of the earliest building survives. Today’s cathedral is, in essence, a 12th-century Romanesque church to which later features have been added – …

Chapel Royal of St Peter Ad Vincula The Tower of London

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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

Light Perceptions

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 …

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 …

Sheffield Cathedral

Light Perceptions

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 …