Since 2014, St Peter’s Church in York Place, Brighton, has been covered in scaffolding due to urgent repairs to the building’s tower.
However, it is only now, more than a year on from then, that it has finally been taken down.
The project to restore the Grade II listed landmark was undertaken by building conservation specialists DBR (Southern) Limited and was funded by several grants.
Work was carried out over a period of 15 years to align with different bits of lottery funding.
At the start of the project, DBR described the building as in an “extremely dilapidated condition”, with significant stone erosion and corroding iron cramps which had been exacerbated by the coastal environment.
It also identified leaking roof coverings which required “urgent structural repairs”.
To address this, teams installed specially designed steel plates to strengthen the nave’s roof structure and replaced the aisle and mid-tier tower roofs with zinc pressed mental, incorporating new insulation and access hatches.
To conserve the Portland stone façade, contractors removed cement-based mortar and repointed the entire structure with traditional lime mortar.
Stone masons also addressed numerous fractures in the building, as well as cleaning away soot and stone scale, and replacing intricate gothic revival stonework.
Adrian Attwood, Executive Director and Chairman at DBR, celebrated the work’s completion and the importance of preserving the city centre building.
He said: “After 15 years of working on St. Peter’s Church, it is fantastic to see the scaffold finally coming down.
“It reveals the incredible hard work and skill of the DBR Southern team and gives this wonderful façade back to my hometown of Brighton.
“We are honoured to have played our part in securing the future of this remarkable building.”
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