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All Saints Church, West Dulwich
Aims
The rebuilding of the church aims to:
- Rebuild this Grade-1 listed gem of Victorian Gothic architecture as a focus and resource for the local community.
- Add a new entrance to the building and complete the work that previous contractors left unfinished.
- Add lifts and ramps to provide improved access for all abilities.
- Build in up-to-date safety features.
- Provide a variety of modern multi-purpose spaces for a wide range of activities.
- Install a new pipe organ that will enhance the church's reputation for fine music, and make All Saints a major venue for concerts and events.
Project Team
- Client: PCC of All Saints Church
- Architect: Thomas Ford Partnership
- Quantity Surveyors: Gleeds
- Structural Engineer: Morton Partnership
- Planning Supervisor: D.E. Hicks & Associates
Timeline
22nd March 2006
- Second fix of electrical and mechanical services
- Coating and lacqure applied to wooden floor
- Fitting of vinyl and rubber flooring
- Installation of audio and lighting fixtures
- General redecoration throught
22nd February 2006
- Removal of internal scaffold
- Completion of major works in nursery
- Installation of entrance stonework
- Completion of glazing works
16th January 2006
- Fix doors and frames
- Lay stone to nave floor
- Commence laying oak floor to the nave and crypt
16th December 2005
- Completion of decorations to Lady Chapel roof
- Wall panelling to choir gallery
- Installation of lighting
- Commencement of external paving
2nd December 2005
- Commissioning of mechanical services
- Completion of chancel roof
18th November 2005
- Installation of underfloor heating system
- Striking of internal scaffolds
- Staining and lacquering to vaulted timber ceilings
- Installation of roof lights
21st October 2005
- Installation of new lift
- Completion of chancel
- Commence panelling to west elevation above choir gallery
- Installation of lighting gantries
16th September 2005
- Arcade mouldings to chancel roof
- Strike external scaffold
- Construction of ambulatory roof
- Installation of 'Thristlington' WC cubicles
26th August 2005
- Installation of chancel arch stone
- Continuation of leaded window installation
- Completion of main roof to the nave
1st August 2005
- Tower crane removed
22nd July 2005
- Formation of curved ceilings to aisles
- Cladding of ashlar stone to external facade of west end extension
- Main bell removed for renovation by Whitechapel Bell Foundry
- Progression of plastering and first fix joinery
16th June 2005
- Nave roof over west end extension nearing completion.
- Curved ceilings to aisles under construction.
- External stone cladding in progress.
- New domed ceiling to Lady Chapel being built.
- Installation of leaded light windows continues.
20th April 2005
- Installation of curved ceiling boarding to chancel.
- New external curved reinforced concrete wall and beams for West End extension constructed and ready to be clad in stone.
- Existing cast-iron rainwater goods refitted
7th January 2005
- Existing Chancel arch removed, awaiting new stonework.
- Replacement north aisle rose window fitted.
- Lady chapel arch fitted.
- New choir slab poured and associated brickwork under construction.
- M&E 1st fix underway.
- Leadwork to roofs progressing well.
24th September 2004
- Installing tracery windows in lady chapel.
- Leadwork nearing completion on the Bell Tower & Chancel.
- Lady Chapel roof joisting & boarding installed.
- Steel trusses to North Aisle & Vestry in place.
- Facing brickwork to the West End extension is now nearing the underside of nave slab.
- New curved reinforced concrete column shutter is in place ready for the first concrete pour.
7th September 2004
- North Bell Tower Roof has been fabricated at ground level then craned to roof and bolted into position. Awaiting lead covering for completion.
- Extensive works to reinforced retaining wall at the West End. Once complete the wall will have fairfaced red brick internal skin and curved Ashlar Bath stone external look.
11th August 2004
- Installation of 25mm thick plywood to form the underside of the chancel roof.
- New steel truss installation to the Nave roof.
- Installation of toilets to crypt north aisle.
- Installation of west end reinforcement to form the retaining wall.
- Two bells from the USS Rodgers dated 1910 have been found in the bell tower. Launched in 1919 the USS Rodgers (DD 254) survived the First World War only to be decommissioned 1922. In 1940 the USS Rodgers was recommissioned and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Sherwood. Extensive service in the North Atlantic during the Second World War quickly took its toll and in 1943 HMS Sherwoord was decomissioned in Chatham docks. After being stripped of parts she was towed to the Humber, beached in shallow water and used as an aircraft target until 1945 when she was finally scrapped. How the bells (now blackened by the blaze in 2000) came to be hanging in the bell tower of All Saints Church is a mystery. A detailed description of HMS Sherwood's wartime exploits can be found on uboat.net.
3rd August 2004
- Laying of the Celotex insulation to Chancel roof.
- Basement slab to the west end being poured.
- Fixing of the nave ring beam ready for the steel roof truss installation.
20th July 2004
- Internal birdcage scaffold to the Nave complete. This will allow for the steel roof trusses to be installed.
- New Timber carcassing to Chancel roof.
- Reinforcement to the west end to enable concrete to be poured.
7th July 2004
- Unstable Vestry wall temporarily propped up to allow scaffolding to progress.
- Internal bird cage scaffold to Nave, North and South Aisles established to enable masonry repairs, and setting out of padstones for the new steel roof truss installation.
- Removal of paintwork for existing fair faced brickwork in the Chancel.
- New West End - Cordex insulation being laid to allow the floor slab to be poured.
17th June 2004
- New concrete slab for the Nave is poured and tamped.
- Steel roof trusses in installed in Chancel.
10th June 2004
- Preparing to pour the ground floor reinforced slab.
- West end excavation and piling now complete - ready to construct basement.
- Chancel scaffold now complete.
25th May 2004
- The West End wall has now been demolished. 30% of bricks have been kept for use later on in the project.
- Excavation works by Shannon Civil Engineering now underway for the new West End entrance.
- Installation of DPM (Damp Proof Membrane) for the new Toilet area on the north side of the church. A new reinforced concrete slab will be poured following this.
30th March 2004
- Installation of site crane.
- Break out of existing Nave floor slab.
- Removal of all debris to be used to form access ramp for excavation/piling works at the west end.
- Strip out and wash down of temporary flooring to Crypt Nave.
11th March 2004
- West end wall partially demolished.
- Temporary timber boarding is being removed.
- Piles for crane base have been completed.
- Existing york stone removed and to be stored.
- Vegetation on site has been removed.
27th February 2004
- Site set-up undertaken.
- Welfare facilities established.