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Refurbished Gates at Camborne Parish Church
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These cast iron front gates were made at Holman Bros No. 3 works in Camborne 130 years ago. When JW Engineering had them shot blast, the main post on one of them was found to contain a 1½" dia blow hole which had been filled with Shellac Resin by the foundry. The gates were repaired, painted and given new brass plates each side together with solid brass knobs. Each gate weighs over a quarter of a ton.
Unfortunately over time the gates and posts have gradually moved out of alignment.
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Boiler House Gate at Camborne Parish Church
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| The gate to the boiler house steps dates from 1828. The gate required rebuilding with new horizontal bars which was done using the Mortise and Tenon method and the original erratic spacing between the bars. |
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Refurbishment of Fingerpost
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This wayside, cast iron fingerpost was made by Holman & Sons of Penzance and had spent the last 100 years or more half buried in a wall where it had been struck by vehicles. Pendeen Parish Council, The Milestone Society and County Highways resolved to repair and resite the post.
JW Engineering was contracted to clear the bolt holes, shot blast, fill the blow and rust holes then repaint using brilliant white. The post has now been relocated on the entrance wall at The Trewellard Arms, Pendeen, Penzance.
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Restoration of late Georgian/early Victorian
Gates at Padstow Parish Church
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In 2010 JW Engineering carried out the rebuilding of one of the three large kissing gates that adorn St Petrocs, the Parish Church at Padstow. Although little of the scroll work could be saved, all of the very high quality forgings were reused. The gates were reassembled using the original rivetted Mortise and Tenon method.
During the rebuild, the iron mill stamp of BBH was discovered which dates the gates back to post 1826 and tells us that they were made of best quality wrought iron that money could buy. |
| TRANSFORMED BACK TO THEIR FORMER ELEGANCE |
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A SECTION OF GATE, PRIOR TO THE RESTORATION
Over the years
the ironwork
had gradually
been eaten
away by rust
and only two
of the scrolls
were in a fit
state to be
incorporated
back into the
framework
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