Limecrete at St John's Church

Ty-Mawr was delighted to be working with Ward and Co on this prestigious project.

It took ten years to get from the drawing board to commencement on site because of the importance of the church and the technical considerations – this work has been done by a design team led by Antony Feltham-King of Michael Drury Architects working with the specialist team at Tyˆ-Mawr.

John Ward, Ward and Co said “The baton passes now to us to bring the proposals to life. The last time the floor was relaid was by George Gilbert Scott in the nineteenth century – this work is of major importance to the Parish of Cirencester and the use of a limecrete system is at the heart of the changes now being introduced.

When the work is complete parishioners, and visitors to the church, will step onto a 650 sq.m Lincolnshire limestone pavement laid with Lincolnshire lime mortar. For candlelight services in winter, they will benefit from underfloor heating laid in a breathable system of insulation, limecrete and lime screed. Now, all we have to do, is shift the hundreds of tonnes of material of this 16 month contract!”

Minature railway was constructed by Ward and Co to move hundreds of tonnes or materials in and out of the Church!

This is the second biggest floor that we have been involved with to date but early floors in the Chapter House, Worcester Cathedral and St Teilo's Church have all proved to be hugely successful and the word is spreading fast. Tyˆ-Mawr designed 54 floors in the first 5 weeks of 2009, and this was our quiet time!