The pictures on today's post were taken on Friday. Today's developments have been frustrating in that the company doing the work decided to send the Stonemason's elsewhere for the day. Quite frustrating, but after a little putting down of the foot we have an agreement that the work should be finished on Wednesday.
The new Lectern arrived on Friday and is in Limed Oak. The picture doesn't do it justice as it doesn't clash as the picture seems to suggest. The idea of going for a different finish was that we wanted the Lectern to be a more obvious place for the Table of the Word. It can also double as an Ambo when using it rather than the pulpit might be pastorally more suitable.
The limed wax finish really does bring out the grain in the oak. The Lectern was solemnly blessed during the Parish Mass on Sunday Morning with the Rite from the Book of Blessings.
The new floor beneath the font has now been pointed and although the lime mortar pointing around the outside edge has to be completed and the grout film has to be washed off the floor it is now looking more complete.
The Font itself has been given a thorough cleaning by the application of a poultice and then being hosed down:
The final picture is of the decorator (though that term hardly does him justice as his work in bringing out the grain in the wood is first rate) and his apprentice staining the floor in the restored Chapel. Today it was given a coat of varnish and the benches received their final coat of stain before being polished tomorrow.
Tomorrow afternoon sees the transfer of the altar designed by Pugin to the restored Chapel in preparation for Mass on Wednesday morning. The carpenters will arrive to complete the works to the block flooring around the York stone paving, to put up the bracket to hold the image of St Michael the Archangel and to affix it in place. They will also install the Intercession Request Board which is going to be in the north aisle recess which awaits the arrival of the life-size image of St Giles of Provence, Hermit, later this year.
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