A symbolic milestone was reached on Thursday 6th October when two of the three chimneys which once adorned the station were reinstated. These two chimneys are in fact ‘dummies’ made from a Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) framework, faced with brick slips, which are slices of real brick bonded on to the GRP frame. These chimneys […]
These images need no introduction. Here is a long-awaited sight and something that many thought they’d never see again. Above all else, windows and doors help return character to a building, never illustrated better than in the transformation now occuring at the station. Soon the building will be ‘dry’ and work can then commence on
It has been a little while since our last update but a lot has been happening in the meantime. Most strikingly of all the first window has been installed as shown in the photo above, in the South West end of the building adjacent to the old Goods Yard (now occupied by Artel Scaffolding). These
In the last few weeks, light and life has really started to return to the building. As can be seen from the photos, knocking out of the blocked-up doors and windows has been completed, brickwork cleaning has finished and re-pointing has commenced. Ad-hoc brick replacement is being undertaken, this involves a careful process of matching,
In the last 10 days or so, progress has been made towards making a new connection with the mains water system and sewer, and brickwork cleaning has moved to the platform side of the building where, as you can see, the rather lovely original colours of the bricks are starting to see the light of
With work starting on the restoration this week, the first task has been brick cleaning. These photos show what an instant difference it makes – really bringing out the original colours. The contractor doing the brick cleaning and repairs (Barwin) is also taking out the blocked-up windows and doors, and will be re-pointing the entire
After nearly 5 years of behind-the-scenes effort, endless negotiations with Network Rail, funding applications, and Covid delays, we have finally done it – work has started on the restoration. On Sunday 22nd May 2022 a tiny bit of history was made as the first ‘Heras’ fencing was put up in the car park and a
Restoration work on the Bricket Wood station building will be starting on Monday, 23rd May 2022. We expect this work to last about 12 weeks. This is being undertaken by the Bricket Wood Station Heritage Trust (Charity Number 1176103, England & Wales) and our contractors. For safety reasons, and with our apologies for any inconvenience
For various reasons the competitive tendering process for appointment of a single Main Contractor ran into some difficulties and hence the Trust has decided to ‘go it alone’. We are therefore hugely grateful to our hardworking Trustees Paul Amsterdam and Robert Yorke who, between them, are as a result now shouldering the significant burden for
On 22nd January the deposit was paid for the manufacture of replica windows and doors for the station. This is an important milestone, representing probably the biggest single item of expenditure in the whole project. The order, valued at around £37k, consists of: 8 x sliding sash windows (6 on the car park side and
