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Repair cracks in mortar now to prevent further damage from winter weather.

So we're going to be doing some repair work to that, because at the time they used a mortar that was very hard and we are going to replace that with lime mortar. surveying the earlier work at the time was eight—year—old richard woodman—bailey. his father was the chief architect, and young richard concealed a coin within the stones. today, 63 years on, despite being older and wiser, he will do the same again with a £2 coin, struck specially for the occasion by the royal mint. to follow up that 1958 coin with a 2021 britannia £2 coin, is really a great honour indeed. repairing, restoring...

A mortar that was very hard and we are going to replace that with lime mortar. surveying the earlier work at the time was 18—year—old richard woodman—bailey. his father was the chief architect, and young richard concealed a coin within the stones. today, 63 years on, despite being older and wiser, he will do the same again with a £2 coin, struck specially for the occasion by the royal mint. it's a real honour for me to be able to do this today. over 60 years has passed, and to find it's something that's been remembered and has been recorded, in fact, is happening, to be able now, as the...

Conservation work is in itself historic. the last time something of this scale was undertaken was more than 60 years ago. when the letters were wooden, you could smoke a pipe while working, and protective headgear was a woolly hat. much has changed over the decades of the problems remain. abs, over the decades of the problems remain. a few years auo we problems remain. a few years ago we did — problems remain. a few years ago we did do _ problems remain. a few years ago we did do a _ problems remain. a few years ago we did do a laser- problems remain. a few years ago we did do a laser scan -...

While working, and protective headgear was a woolly hat. much has changed over the decades, but the problems remain. a few years ago we did do a laser scan of every single stone, so we got a very good record now of all the cracks and the holes, a lot of which are natural and geological. but also, one of the lintels, for example, was stitched together in the 1950s, so we're going to be doing some repair work to that, because at the time they used a mortar that was very hard and we are going to replace that with lime mortar. surveying the earlier work at the time was eight—year—old richard w...