{"id":267,"date":"2012-08-17T10:44:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T10:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gillett.chilli2.co.uk\/?page_id=267"},"modified":"2012-08-17T11:04:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T11:04:20","slug":"bethnal-green","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/bethnal-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethnal Green Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weathervane Restoration, St John’s Church, Bethnal Green<\/h2>\n

Gillett & Johnston has been supplying and installing clocks, bells and weathervanes since 1844 and are one of a few specialist companies capable of carrying out restoration of this type of equipment. The Church contacted Gillett & Johnston because the weathervane was in danger of becoming a safety hazard.<\/p>\n

WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM?<\/h3>\n

\"Weathervane<\/a><\/p>\n

Age, pollution and World War II bombs had taken their toll so a major conservation programme was undertaken to ensure the church\u2019s survival, the weathervane being a part of this.
\nGillett & Johnston Bethnal Green, Weathervane<\/p>\n

WHAT DID WE DO?<\/h3>\n

\"Weathervane<\/a>We removed the central support and vane and lowered all for transportation to our works.<\/p>\n

Once there, we checked and where necessary replaced the main structural components and collars that were corroded using stainless steel.<\/p>\n

We then thoroughly cleaned and prepared all the exposed surfaces with etch primer, followed by undercoat and finished all in high grade gloss enamel.<\/p>\n

Once returned to site and installed we gilded the vane pointer and tail together with the cardinal points using 24 carat extra thick English gold leaf.<\/p>\n

THE RESULTS<\/h3>\n

\"weathervane<\/a>The weathervane is now structurally sound and is not a danger to the public.<\/p>\n

By replacing damaged parts with stainless steel the weathervane will now be free from corrosion in the years ahead.<\/p>\n

The vane is now restored to its former glory and stands as a landmark in Bethnal Green<\/p>\n

For more information please call Jenny Coombes at Gillett & Johnston on 01883 740000 or use the contact us form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weathervane Restoration, St John’s Church, Bethnal Green Gillett & Johnston has been supplying and installing clocks, bells and weathervanes since 1844 and are one of a few specialist companies capable of carrying out restoration of this type of equipment. The Church contacted Gillett & Johnston because the weathervane was in danger of becoming a safety […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282,"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/267\/revisions\/282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}