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Murdoch Ornamental Award Finalist: Conservation
Leadwork Ltd with Bibury Court (opposite)
Rainwater Heads at Bibury Court, the Grade I listed 17th
Century Manor House was undergoing a complete
restoration and over the past four and a half years they
had been tasked with the replacement of the leadwork to
the entire property. This included the removal or restoration of 30 runs of lead rainwater heads and pipes. The
present owner is a world-renowned industrial designer
and wanted two feature rainwater heads at low level close
to entrance areas. He had seen a similar rainwater head
at a property owned by a family friend and used this as
the basis for his final design which included a motif above
the face which he has used on other projects. One of the
heads is bossed from Code 8 sandcast lead and the other
from Code 7 sandcast lead. This gives a subtle but noticeable difference in the sharpness of the features. Each head
weighs approximately 40kgs and is 750mm high. The
castellation at the top of the rainwater head is cast at
10mm thick to strengthen the top edge. The client asked
for the castellation and ceed motifs to be left as rough
castings to emphasise the bespoke nature of the heads.
The leadwork is left untreated to patinate naturally over
time.
The Murdoch Awards sponsors, Paul Walters and
Alan Barker from ALM, together with Adrian Farley
from ECOBAT, provided the prestigious awards for all
winners and finalists. As market leaders of high quality
lead sheet, they endorsed the high standards achieved by
the award winners.
Visit Awards presentation. www.leadcontractors.co.uk to
see videos of the LCA Murdoch 2022
Congratulations to all the finalists and winners of this
year’s Murdoch Awards. As the independent guardian of
the lead industry standards, the LCA represents the Mark
of Quality, supplying technical information and services
to support the industry and drive up standards.
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