Christopher J Blackburn RIBA Architect Ltd

Chris has over 35 years’ experience in the conservation field and is accredited as a ‘specialist conservation architect’ on the RIBA conservation register. The practice has been involved in a growing number of church conservation projects. These have included the following:

 

St Aidan’s Church Bamburgh – 12th century grade I listed.

 

Conservation work has included the removal and replacement of eroded masonry to buttresses; stained glass and masonry conservation of several windows; cleaning and repairs to an elaborate 19th century carved stone reredos featuring the Northumbrian saints and the replacement of badly worn stone internal paving.

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St John the Baptist, Grainger Street, Newcastle – 12th century grade I listed.

 

Conservation work included the insertion of new masonry to eroded mullions to the east window; stained glass conservation repairs; masonry repointing; new rainwater goods and internal redecoration of plastered walls

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St Luke’s Church, Claremont Street, Newcastle – Victorian grade II listed

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The conservation work involving cleaning badly stained stonework and brickwork; installing new rainwater goods; repairing roof leaks; capping of pinnacle bases; removal of rusting window guards etc. has transformed the external appearance. The church has now been taken off the Historic England ‘at risk register’. A further project involving the full internal refurbishment and re-ordering is currently underway (see church category).

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• St Aidan’s Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland

• St John the Baptist, Grainger Street, Newcastle

• St Luke’s Church,  Newcastle upon Tyne

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