When was clifton cathedral built

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Log out. Bristol, United Kingdom. Architects: Purcell. Structural Engineer : Craddys. The architects studied how the cladding had originally been constructed and how the joints behind each panels had been made. They were then able to repair areas where pieces had flaked or chipped off using Corennie granite chippings that matched the original materials used.

Water and draughts had also been coming in through the wire mesh glass where panes had slipped from their frames, so a new system of self-cleaning, thermally-broken glass was installed. The original lighting plan for the place of worship was never been fully realised, so Purcell replaced the lights with fully dimmable, ultra-bright LEDs with assistance of consultancy Lighting Design and Technology.

Consultants Method were bought in to upgrade the heating system, and the entire building was re-wired to make it safe. The Cathedral is now a dry, warm and well lit space for worshippers and visitors to enjoy. This year has seen a number of Britain's important pieces of listed architecture undergo essential refurbishment and modernisation works.

Dezeen Weekly is a curated newsletter that is sent every Thursday, containing highlights from Dezeen. Dezeen Weekly subscribers will also receive occasional updates about events, competitions and breaking news. Finishes include the impression of boards left by formwork board-marked or shuttered , and texturing with steel brushes brushed or bush-hammered , picks or hammers pick-hammered or hammer-dressed. Synthetic resin reinforced with glass fibre; also called glass-reinforced polyester GRP.

GRC : glass-reinforced concrete. Temporary framing of timber or metal used for casting concrete; also called shuttering. A long room or passage; an upper storey above the aisles of a church, looking through arches to the nave; a balcony or mezzanine overlooking the main interior space of a building; or an external walkway. Circular or polygonal windowed turret crowning a roof or a dome.

Also the windowed stage of a crossing tower lighting a church interior. A predetermined standard size for co-ordinating the dimensions of components of a building; hence modular planning, etc. In classical architecture, the module is usually a multiple or fraction of the width of the order or type of column used. A hard, durable white limestone from the Isle of Portland in Dorset. Portland roach is rough-textured and has small cavities and fossil shells. The part of a church lying east of the choir where the main altar is placed.

A dark limestone from Purbeck in Dorset, which can be polished; used especially in the first two centuries of English Gothic architecture.

The architecture of the Roman Empire, to which most of Britain belonged from 43 to c. Our knowledge of Romano-British architecture depends mostly on archaeological reconstructions from foundations and fragments, though some notable fortifications and other military works survive above ground level in recognizable form. Scots : A rounded bartizan or turret, usually roofless. An angle round is set at a corner.

In a medieval church, usually set at the entry to the chancel. A parclose screen separates a chapel from the rest of the church. A rood screen was placed below a representation of the Crucifixion called a rood. Tall pyramidal or conical feature crowning a tower or turret. Broach : starting from a square base, then carried into an octagonal section by means of triangular faces. Splayed-foot : variation of the broach form, found in England principally in the south-east, in which the four cardinal faces are splayed out near their bases, to cover the corners, while oblique or intermediate faces taper away to a point.

Needle spire : thin spire rising from the centre of a tower roof, well inside the parapet. Accessibility Sitemap Skip Navigation. Click to enlarge Bristol, Clifton Cathedral. Pembroke Road, Clifton. Mary Haddock described it as a heart-lifting Christian temple, inspiring reverence but not awe. Glossary Aggregate Small stones or rock chippings used in concrete and similar hard-setting materials.

Ambulatory lit. Baptistery Division of a church designed to house the font ; also a separate building for the same purpose. Base Moulded foot of a column or pilaster. Cladding External covering or skin applied to a structure, especially a framed building.