Not a very happy monument!
This monument was also very dirty....
...and the lettering had become almost illegible.
Salts
The salts in the stone had destroyed most of the detail and decoration to this label stop.
The damage was also visible on the monument itself
and was most apparent on the plaster work around and behind the monument.
Action
The monument had to be dismantled because of its stability, rusting iron cramps were embedded in the joints and picked up by the cover meter survey carried out on the monument previously.
Also, spalled pieces of stone had broken off revealing the iron behind.
A face on the shield!
Once dismantled we could go about carefully cleaning all the elements.
The wall around the monument and areas of other suffering plaster work was re lime plastered.
The monument was rebuilt using stainless steel cramps and plaster of paris. Once back in place the lettering was repainted.
Back to its former glory....
Finished!
Another job well done.
Just needs abit of decorating!
