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William Anelay Ltd were on
site at the Victoria Baths on 20 June 2006, along with specialist
subcontractors Lightworks, to carry out investigative and trial
works in preparation for Restoration Phase 1. A window in the Turkish Rest
Room has been removed in order to establish how the windows and window
frames can be restored without disturbing the surrounding tiles. All the
stained glass windows on the ground floor of the building are fitted
behind tiled window reveals.
As this is the first real restoration
work at the Baths, there was a high level of press interest, and the work
was featured on BBC North West and in the Manchester Evening News.
Gill Wright, Project Manager
of the Victoria Baths Trust, said,
This is another important
milestone in the countdown to restoration work actually starting at
Victoria Baths. We are delighted with the appointment of William Anelay
which has a considerable track record in the field of heritage
restoration. We are also looking forward to enabling the public to
continue to visit Victoria Baths whilst restoration work is underway.
There is a lot of interest in seeing the building brought back to useful
life. It’s an exciting process and there is much to be learnt from
watching it happen.
This first stage of work at Victoria
Baths will take 12–15 months and has a construction value of £2.8m. It
includes many specialist areas such as mosaic, terracotta and stained
glass restoration as well as the complete renewal of roofs and repairing
of gutters.
Further information and more
illustrations at the
Baths
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