St Mary's church tower repair

The parapet and pinnacles of a 15th-century church tower had opened up after decades of cement pointing trapped water in the stone. We raked out the failed mortar, replaced the worst-eroded ashlar with hand-cut Cotswold stone bedded in lime, and repointed the whole tower in a matched lime mortar finish. The work was carried out over a full season with the conservation officer and the diocese.