The army of artisan Yorkshire craftsmen shedding new light on Wentworth Woodhouse

After assessing the lamps’ condition, Andrew’s first challenge was carefully removing the standards without damaging their one-piece, hand-carved stone plinths, and transporting them to his workshop.

Jason Dickinson began learning his craft aged 10 in his father Mick’s workshop 42 years ago. Father and son worked together until Mick retired at 74. Some of Jason’s most unusual challenges were the creation of a pattern for a vintage Formula 1 racing car gearbox and the pattern for the Queen Mother’s memorial bronze lanterns lining the Mall on the approach to Buckingham Palace.Feature at Ridgeway Forge, Attercliffe, Sheffield, to restore some gas lamps.

In the meantime, the historic connection between Wentworth Woodhouse and Elsecar is also in play for the restoration of the glass lanterns. They are being restored, reglazed with Georgian-style glass and wired with brass candelabra by Kansa Lighting, whose team of glass artisans and metal workers are based in the Old Flour Mill on Wath Road.All components will be heading back to Andrew at Ridgeway Forge for assembly beofre being reinstated later this month.

“This is a very challenging but fascinating task. A large team of people with different heritage skills are all intent on restoring what was skilfully made 200 years ago, using exactly the same methods and degrees of care,” adds Andrew. “My team has put in over 1,000 hours. It would have been cheaper and easier to have modern replicas made to replace them.

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