Music Rest, Riverside Church, New York City 2003



Cloister Railings, St John of Lattingtown, New York City 2003

Pair of Lanterns for the Broadway Portico of St Paul's Chapel, in the Parish of Trinity Church, New York City. 1998

St Paul's Chapel, begun in 1764, is the oldest public building in New York City and was George Washington's church during the first years of his presidency.

This was a project in collaboration with Hugh Harrison and architects Allen & Harbinson of NY. The design was based on lanterns at St Martin in the Fields, London.

The roof of the lantern housed the recessed down lighting, which also illuminated three dummy candles with gilded flame shapes in the lantern body. This was crowned by a pineapple finial into which the hanging tubes, suspending the lanterns from the ceiling 14 feet above, and 3 tie rods securing all to the masonry, were connected. The hanging rods contain high tensile wire, adjustable with turnbuckles and are connected to a winch in a loft above the ceiling, in order to lower the lanterns for future maintenance. All components were manufactured from profile cut M/S, the lanterns fully glazed, with a two pack epoxy weatherproofing finish and gilded details.




Dossal Rail Medallions for the Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York. 1997

The church, built in the 1920's recently suffered fire damage, so the project was partly a restoration job, whilst accepting that it was to be new work. The commission came as a result of collaboration with Hugh Harrison, a conservator who supplied the church with the overall works, all of which were made in England.

The Dossal Rail Medallions were made to the original design using Chris Topp's 2mm re-rolled 18th Century wrought iron plate. The repousse work was caried out on pitch blocks and rivetted to plasma cut and forged backplates. Edges were chisel cut, polished to armour bright and clear laquered. Symbols gilded in 22ct italian gold leaf.

Chandelier at Crowcombe Church, Somerset 1973