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Flimston Chapel

  • Categories Heritage Conservation
  • Grade II Listed
  • Phase I & II
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This medieval chapel sits in the middle of the Castlemartin Royal Armoured Corps firing range.  Redundant by the early 19thC, it was converted latterly to form a cart house for the adjoining farm.  It was restored and rededicated by Col. Francis and Lady Victoria Lambton in 1901-3.  Restoration works were extensive and included the erection of a new S. porch.  The stone vaulted roof was reslated in what is believed to be Delabole slate ,graded and solid bedded on a sand/cement bed.  Later repairs had included extensive sand/cement repointing further exacerbating damp ingress.

Over the last 2 years, during a 4 week window in August of each year, Acanthus Holden architects have designed and managed a scheme for the re-roofing and repointing of the chapel with associated repairs.  The re-roofing was carried out using Argentine Riverstone slates with diminishing courses.  To reduce damp tracking, the slates were nailed to battens and tail bedded in a lime mortar.

Phase II masonry involved the repointing of the entire chapel using an N.H.L 3.5 mix.  The exposed W. wall was shelter coated in N.H.L 3.

Acanthus Holden

The practice is the Welsh representative member of Acanthus Associated Architectural Practices Ltd., a national group of firms committed to excellence in Architecture and the conservation of the environment.

Mae’r practis yn falch o’i wreiddiau Cymreig ac yn hybu’r defnydd io’r iaith ar bob cyfle.

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