Conservation & Heritage Issue 49 October 2025 - Flipbook - Page 61
TRINITY COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE –
DINING HALL
For most of 2024, we spent our time working on these stunning armorial windows.
The 2 side elevations are chiefly filled with 19thC panels depicting the arms of those connected to the college
(see fig 1). Many of these had bowed and cracked and needed releading and fitting with bespoke support frames.
The 2 Oriel windows contain largely 16thC shields that had lost much of their enamels.
A much-prized panel of the West Oriel window is of ‘Ricardus Dux’ (Richard II - see fig 2). The figure was
complete, so all that was required was to set it within a scheme of EPG (Environmentally Protective Glazing)
where the ancient glass is fitted forward into the building with protective glazing replacing it within the
original glazing grooves. This protects the delicate glass from thermal shock, external impact and condensation,
preserving them for the future.
Fig. 1
Releading damaged panels
Fig. 2
Restored
Protective Glazing
STAINED GLASS RESTORATION, CONSERVATION & NEW DESIGNS
CONDITION REPORTS, PROTECTIVE GLAZING & ALL ASSOCIATED
METAL WORK
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