Pleasington Priory — West End

Rebuilding the west front's parapets, and giving its balconies a proper route to shed water.

Scope of works

1. Stone parapets dismantled and rebuilt, with new lead gutters to the balconies
2. The full elevation raked out and repointed in hydraulic lime mortar
3. Offsets to the turrets capped in lead, and the lower roof re-roofed in Burlington slate
4. Buttresses core-drilled for lead pipes into new lead hoppers and cast iron downpipes, discharging to new soakaways
5. Glazing repairs to the rose window by specialist subcontractors
6. Internal plaster removed so that the walls could dry out