Building Description:

The stained glass in the rose window of the Presbyterian Church has been identified as being highly important, and was most probably designed and made in England at the time the York Road Church was built in the 1860s, using hand blown French glass of a high, and rare colour intensity.

Brief Description of Project: The Society pledged €5,000 towards the conservation of the stained glass window. The stained glass in the rose window has suffered storm and weather damage and is losing its stiffness and needs to be re-leaded. Both the storm glazing and the stained glass were removed recently as part of the process of installing temporary timber framework requited to keep the stonework in place. The stained glass was placed into safe storage. The work required includes the removal and replacement, one by one, of all 10 stone mullions, replacing them with new Portland stone of the correct profile, and replacing the rusting iron pins with stainless steel pins. Where there is significant stone decay and damage in areas of the tracery and central ring, stone grafts will need to be inserted, again in Portland stone. Further conservation work is the re-pointing of the exterior wall of the church above the rose window to ensure that there is now water penetration for that source, photographing and preparing a conservation report of the condition of each of the sections of stained glass and then re-leading each section and finally, upon the completion of the stonework, reinstalling the stained glass.

Grants Awarded:

2015: £5,000 from IGS London towards restoration of stone window and stone work