Tasirin ya lalata hanyar a makabartar cocin.Manyan gungu na kwalta da turmi sun kwanta akan ciyawa da ke kewaye.Kusa da titin, kamar tsinken darasi, kwance gawarwakin wani coci mai shekaru 150.Sa'o'i kadan da suka wuce, ya tsaya a saman cocin, ya haye farfajiyar cocin.Abin farin ciki, ginin Victorian ya faɗi ƙasa ba ta rufin cocin ba.Saboda wasu dalilai da ba a san su ba, Cocin St. Thomas da ke Wells na ɗaya daga cikin majami'un Ingilishi da ke da tudu a kusurwar arewa maso gabas.
Jerin mutanen da za a kira a cikin wannan gaggawa gajere ne.James Preston dan shekaru 37 ne ya amsa kiran.Preston magini ne da ginin hasumiya wanda aikinsa ya rataya akan kusan kowane ginin tarihi da ke cikin littafin Ladybug na Tarihin Biritaniya: Fadar Buckingham, Castle Windsor, Stonehenge, Longleat, Ladd Cliff Camera da Whitby Abbey, don suna amma kaɗan.
Wani makwabcin ya dauki hoton rugujewar rugujewar guguwar da ke kan tsayin guguwar Eunice a watan Fabrairu.Lokacin da na sadu da Preston bayan wata shida, ya nuna mini taron bitar da ake gina sabon spire ya kai ni Cocin St Thomas.Bayan tuƙi mil 20, Preston, bristly da tan, ya gaya mani game da nau'ikan duwatsu a cikin Ƙasar Yamma.Daga ra'ayi na ilimin kasa, muna a kasan bel na dutse mai tsayi wanda ya bi ta Oxford da Bath har zuwa York kuma an kafa shi a lokacin Jurassic, lokacin da yawancin Cotswolds ke cikin tekuna masu zafi.Dubi kyakkyawan gidan Jojiyanci a cikin Bath ko ƙaramin gidan masaƙa a Gloucestershire, za ku ga tsoffin harsashi da burbushin kifin taurari.Dutsen wanka shine "limestone mai laushi mai laushi" - "oolites" yana nufin "dutse", yana nufin ɓangarorin da suka haɗa shi - "amma muna da Hamstone da Dutsen Doulting sannan ku sami dutsen da aka niƙa."Gine-ginen tarihi a cikin waɗannan wuraren yawanci dutse mai laushi ne tare da fasalin dutse na Bass da yuwuwar bangon rubble Lias, "in ji Preston.
Limestone yana da taushi, karye kuma mai dumi cikin sautin, kuka mai nisa daga mafi ƙarancin dutsen Portland da muke amfani da shi a yawancin tsakiyar London.Masu kallo na yau da kullun na iya lura da irin waɗannan nau'ikan duwatsu, amma Preston yana da idon sani.Yayin da muka kusanci Wells, ya nuna gine-ginen dutsen Dortin da aka gina St. Thomas.Preston ya ce "Dulting wani dutse ne mai ban sha'awa, amma ya fi orange da ja."
Ya bayyana turmi daban-daban da aka yi amfani da su a Burtaniya.Sun kasance suna bambanta bisa ga ilimin kasa na gida, sannan a lokacin yakin bayan yakin an daidaita su sosai, wanda ya haifar da damping na gine-gine tare da turmi maras kyau wanda aka rufe a cikin danshi.Preston da abokan aikinsa sun sa ido sosai kan turmi na asali, suna tarwatsa su ta yadda za su iya tantance abubuwan da suka yi yayin aikin kwaikwayo."Idan za ku zagaya London, za ku sami gine-gine da ke da ƙananan fararen [lemun tsami].Za ku je wani wuri kuma za su zama ruwan hoda, yashi mai ruwan hoda, ko ja.
Preston ya ga dabarun gine-ginen da ba wanda ya gani."Na dade ina yin haka," in ji shi.Ya kasance yana aiki a wannan fanni tun yana dan shekara 16, lokacin da ya bar makaranta ya shiga kamfani daya da ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru 20.
Wane irin yaro ne dan shekara 16 ya bar makaranta ya zama bulo?'Ban sani ba!' Yace.“Abin ban mamaki ne.Ya bayyana cewa makarantar “ba ni da gaske ba.Ni ba dan ilimi ba ne, amma ni ma ba wanda zan zauna in yi karatu a aji ba.yi wani abu da hannuwanku.
Ya sami kansa yana jin daɗin ilimin lissafi na masonry da abin da ake buƙata don daidaito.Bayan ya kammala karatunsa na koleji a matsayin koyo a Sally Strachey Historic Conservation (har yanzu yana aiki da kamfanin da aka fi sani da SSHC), ya koyi yadda ake sassaƙa mutane da dabbobi, da kuma yadda ake sassaƙa dutse da daidaitaccen millimeter.Ana kiran wannan horo da masonry na banki.“Haƙuri shine milimita ɗaya a hanya ɗaya domin idan har yanzu tsayin daka za ku iya cire shi.Kuma idan kun yi ƙasa da ƙasa, ba za ku iya yin komai ba.
Kwarewar Preston a matsayin mason sun dace da sauran fasaharsa: hawan dutse.Sa’ad da yake matashi, yana sha’awar hawan dutse.A cikin shekarunsa 20, yana aiki da SSHC a Farley Hungerford Castle, ya gane cewa ma'aikatan sun bar bargo a saman wani babban bango.Maimakon ya sake hawan scafolding, Preston ya yi amfani da igiya don hawan kansa.Aikinsa na hasumiya na zamani ya riga ya fara - kuma tun daga wannan lokacin ya kasance yana saukowa fadar Buckingham kuma yana hawan hasumiya mai ban mamaki da masu tsalle-tsalle.
Ya ce idan aka yi taka-tsantsan, hawan igiya ya fi aminci.Amma har yanzu yana da ban sha'awa."Ina son hawan majami'u spiers," in ji shi.“Sa’ad da kuke hawan dutsen coci, yawan abin da kuke hawa yana ƙara ƙanƙanta, don haka idan kun tashi za ku ƙara bayyana.Ya sauko zuwa sifili kuma baya daina damuwa da mutane. ".
Sannan akwai kari a saman."Ra'ayoyin ba kamar wani abu ba ne, mutane kaɗan ne ke ganin su.Hawan spire shine mafi kyawun abu game da yin aiki akan motar kebul ko a cikin ginin tarihi.Ra'ayin da ya fi so shine Wakefield Cathedral, wanda ke da mafi tsayi a duniya. "Yorkshire.
Preston ya juya kan hanyar ƙasa kuma mun isa wurin bitar.Wannan ginin gona ne da aka canza, buɗe ga yanayi.A waje akwai minaret guda biyu: tsoho, launin toka wanda aka yi da tarkace mai launin gansa, da wata sabuwa, santsi da tsami.(Preston ya ce dutsen Doulting ne; Ban ga orange da yawa tare da idona ba, amma ya ce daban-daban yadudduka na dutse ɗaya na iya samun launi daban-daban.)
Dole ne Preston ya hada tsohon ya mayar da abubuwan da ke cikinsa zuwa tashar jirgin ruwa domin sanin ma'auni don maye gurbin."Mun shafe kwanaki muna haɗa wasu duwatsu tare muna ƙoƙarin gano yadda ya kamata," in ji shi yayin da muke kallon masu leƙen asiri biyu a rana.
Za a sanya daki-daki na ado tsakanin spire da yanayin yanayin: dutsen dutse.Siffar furenta mai girma uku Preston ne ya ƙirƙira shi, mai aminci ga karyar asali, cikin kwanaki huɗu.A yau yana zaune a kan benci, yana shirye don tafiya ta hanya ɗaya zuwa St. Thomas.
Kafin mu tafi, Preston ya nuna mani ƙwanƙolin ƙarfe mai tsayin yadi wanda aka saka a cikin spire a tsakiyar 1990s.Manufar ita ce a ci gaba da ƙwanƙwasawa, amma injiniyoyin ba su yi la’akari da cewa iska tana da ƙarfi kamar ta Eunice ba.Ƙunƙarar bututu mai kauri ya lanƙwasa cikin siffar C yayin da ya faɗi.Preston da ma'aikatansa dole ne su bar baya da kyaftin mai ƙarfi fiye da yadda suka samu, godiya a wani bangare don ingantattun sandunan ƙarfe na ƙarfe."Ba mu taɓa yin niyyar sake yin aikin ba yayin da muke raye," in ji shi.
A kan hanyar zuwa St. Thomas mun wuce Wells Cathedral, wani aikin Preston da tawagarsa a SSHC.Sama da sanannen agogon falaki da ke arewa ta wuce, Preston da tawagarsa sun sanya faifai masu tsabta da yawa.
Freemasons suna son yin gunaguni game da cinikin su.Sun ba da misali da bambanci tsakanin ƙarancin albashi, tafiya mai nisa, ƴan kwangilar gaggawa, da masu aikin cikakken lokaci, waɗanda har yanzu ƴan tsiraru ne.Duk da gazawar aikinsa, Preston ya ɗauki kansa a matsayin mai gata.A kan rufin babban cocin, ya ga abubuwa masu banƙyama da aka tsara don nishaɗin Allah, ba don nishaɗin wasu mutane ba.Ganinsa yana hawa tudu kamar wani nau'in siffa yana jin daɗi kuma yana burge ɗansa Blake ɗan shekara biyar."Ina tsammanin mun yi sa'a," in ji shi."Ina so sosai."
Za a yi aiki da yawa.Kuskuren turmi bayan yakin sun mamaye mason.Tsofaffin gine-gine na iya ɗaukar zafi da kyau, amma idan Hukumar Kula da Yanayi ta yi hasashen daidai cewa canjin yanayi zai haifar da guguwa akai-akai, za a sake maimaita barnar da Storm Eunice ta yi sau da yawa a wannan ƙarni.
Muna zaune a ƙaramin bango da ke kan iyaka da makabartar St. Thomas.Lokacin da hannuna ya kwanta a saman gefen bangon, sai in ji dutsen da aka yi da shi yana rushewa.Mun dunƙule wuyanmu don ganin baƙar kai.Wani lokaci a cikin makonni masu zuwa - SSHC ba ta fitar da takamaiman kwanan wata don haka 'yan kallo kada su karkatar da masu hawan dutse - Preston da ma'aikatansa za su shigar da sabon spire.
Za su yi shi da manyan cranes kuma suna fatan cewa hanyoyin su na zamani za su daɗe har tsawon ƙarni.Kamar yadda Preston ya yi la'akari a cikin bitar, shekaru 200 daga yanzu, masons za su la'anci kakanninsu ("wawayen karni na 21") a duk inda suka saka bakin karfe a cikin tsoffin gine-ginenmu.