Christ Church Kensington London
Victorian Church Receives Urgent Tower Restoration. Award Finalist for NFB Construction Awards of Excellence 2026, under the category of Remarkable Renovation and Restoration / Heritage and Conservation Project.
What we did...
- Restoration & Conservation
- Stone Masonry Repairs & Replacements
- New Stone Elements & Carving
- Repointing & Internal Tower Works
- Window Improvements
- Tower / Spire Cleaning
USL is proud to undertake the urgent restoration of this Grade II listed Victorian church in Kensington, including spire repairs, masonry work, and replacement elements. The conservation project is being carried out in partnership with Art Architects.
Universal Stone Ltd is proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for the NFB Construction Awards of Excellence 2026, under the category of Remarkable Renovation and Restoration / Heritage and Conservation Project.
A prominent Grade II listed church in Kensington. Christ Church was founded over 165 years ago using the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 and continues in this rich tradition today.
This recently completed ‘save the tower’ project focussed on urgent stonework repairs to the tower and spire including new carved stone elements. Funding was raised through the Christ Church Community Trust.
Programme included;
- Maintenance of the Sanctus Bell
- Cleaning to the interior of the spire (using rope access techniques)
- Removal of netting, defrass and cleaning
- External masonry repairs to all sides of the tower/spire
- Stone replacements & new stone carvings (ragstone, dressed stone & ashlar)
- Extensive mortar repairs & repointing
- Internal masonry repairs
- Window improvements
- Chancel gable repairs
- New gable cross
See Our Work in Premier Construction Magazine
Find Universal Stone on Page 39 of Premier Construction Issue 36, with the Christ Church feature on Pages 36–38.
Click here to read the article: https://online.fliphtml5.com/xahs/fefd/#p=36
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