Unity Well Being Centre
Mr Garry Webb on behalf of Nelson council contacted us with an initial idea to replicate four windows that were originally in the Unity Well Being Centre in Nelson, Lancashire.
After an initial meeting and physically seeing one of the original windows (now in a backlit case in Clarion House) we took a template of the original to work to.
Both the large windows were made from this template requiring us to source colours of glass similar to the original window. Hundreds of pieces of glass in the intricate design were hand cut.
The top two panels had to be re designed and replicated from a 2” black and white photograph in an historical book as there was no physical window to take a template from.
The project took over a year from the original meeting to completion as the council were awaiting Lottery Grant funding for the windows. The lottery funding was applied for as part of a larger project, The Selina Cooper Project. This project was to celebrate the work of local suffragist and founder member of the Independent Labour Party, Selina Cooper. We have provided a link to Nelson Town Council’s Selina Cooper Project page.
Once we had fitted the windows we protected them with 8mm polycarbonate sheeting which will ensure the windows will not be damaged from outside.
The customer was extremely happy with these windows and how well they look as a reproduction of how the windows looked many years ago.
The images below show the windows at various stages in the manufacturing process through to fitting the windows with Poly Carbonate protection. Click the image to enlarge.
Please follow the link below to view the Selina Cooper Project page on the Nelson Town Hall website.