Ua pōʻino ke alanui ma ka hale kupapaʻu o ka halepule.E waiho ana nā ʻāpana nui o ka asphalt a me ka pahū ma luna o ka mauʻu a puni.Ma kahi kokoke i ke alanui, e like me ka ʻāpana chess haʻihaʻi, e waiho ana i nā koena o kahi spire hale pule 150 makahiki.I kekahi mau hola i hala aku nei, ua kū ʻo ia ma luna pono o ka hale pule, e kū ana ma luna o ka pā hale pule.ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua hāʻule ka hale Victorian i ka honua a ʻaʻole ma ka hale o ka hale pule.No nā kumu i ʻike ʻole ʻia i kēia manawa, ʻo ka Halepule ʻo St.
He pōkole ka papa inoa o nā poʻe e kāhea aku i kēia pilikia.Ua pane ʻia ke kelepona e James Preston, 37 makahiki.ʻO Preston ka mea hana pōhaku a me ka hale kiaʻi nona kāna hana e kau nei ma kahi kokoke i kēlā me kēia hale mōʻaukala i loko o ka Ladybug Book of British History: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, Longleat, Ladd Cliff Camera a me Whitby Abbey, e inoa i kekahi.
Ua kiʻi ʻia ka hāʻule ʻana o ka spire ma ke wikiō e kahi hoalauna ma ke kiʻekiʻe o Storm Eunice i Pepeluali.I koʻu hālāwai ʻana me Preston i ʻeono mahina ma hope mai, ua hōʻike ʻo ia iaʻu i ka hale hana kahi e kūkulu ʻia ai ka spre hou a lawe iaʻu i ka hale pule o St Thomas.Ma hope o ke kaʻa ʻana i 20 mau mile, ua haʻi mai ʻo Preston iaʻu e pili ana i nā ʻano pōhaku like ʻole ma ka ʻāina Komohana.Mai kahi hiʻohiʻona honua, aia mākou ma lalo o kahi kāʻei limestone oolitic e hele ana ma o Oxford a me Bath a hiki i York a ua hoʻokumu ʻia i ka wā Jurassic, i ka manawa o ka hapa nui o nā Cotswolds i loko o nā kai ʻōpika.E nānā i kahi hale kaona Georgian nani ma Bath a i ʻole kahi hale ulana liʻiliʻi ma Gloucestershire, a ʻike ʻoe i nā pūpū kahiko a me nā mōʻalihaku hōkū.ʻO ka pōhaku ʻauʻau he "pōhaku oolitic palupalu" - "oolites" ʻo ia hoʻi "nā ʻiliʻili", e pili ana i nā ʻāpana spherical i kūkulu ʻia - "akā, loaʻa iā mākou ka pōhaku Hamstone a me Doulting a laila loaʻa ʻoe i ka pōhaku ʻeha."ʻO nā hale mōʻaukala ma kēia mau wahi he pōhaku limestone palupalu me nā hiʻohiʻona pōhaku Bass a me nā paia ʻōpala Lias, "wahi a Preston.
ʻO ka limestone he palupalu, palupalu a mehana i ka leo, kahi mamao loa mai ka pōhaku maʻalahi ʻo Portland a mākou e hoʻohana ai ma ka hapa nui o Ladana.Hiki i nā mea nānā maʻamau ke ʻike i kēia mau ʻano pōhaku, akā he maka o Preston.I ko mākou hoʻokokoke ʻana aku i Wells, kuhikuhi ʻo ia i nā hale o ka pōhaku Dortin kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai ʻo St."He pōhaku oolitic ka Dulting," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Preston, "akā, ʻoi aku ka ʻalani a ʻoi aku ka ʻala."
Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i nā morta like ʻole i hoʻohana ʻia ma UK.Ua hoʻololi ʻia lākou e like me ka geology kūloko, a laila i ka wā ma hope o ke kaua ua hoʻopaʻa paʻa ʻia, i alakaʻi ʻia i ka dampening o nā hale me kahi mortar impermeable i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka wai.Ua nānā pono ʻo Preston a me kāna mau hoa hana i nā mortar mua, me ka wehe ʻana iā lākou i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoholo i kā lākou haku ʻana i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana simulation.“Inā hele ʻoe a puni ʻo Lākana, e ʻike ʻoe i nā hale me nā humu liʻiliʻi keʻokeʻo.E hele ana ʻoe ma kahi ʻē aʻe a he ʻulaʻula, ʻulaʻula paha.
Ua ʻike ʻo Preston i nā mea maʻalahi o ke kūkulu ʻana i ʻike ʻole ʻia e kekahi."Ua lōʻihi kaʻu hana ʻana i kēia," wahi āna.Ua hana ʻo ia ma kēia ʻoihana mai kona makahiki he 16, i kona haʻalele ʻana i ke kula e hui pū me ia ʻoihana kahi āna i hana ai no 20 mau makahiki.
He aha ke ʻano o ka makahiki 16 i haʻalele i ke kula e lilo i mea hana pōhaku?ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo!'Ōleloʻo ia.“He mea ʻē.Ua wehewehe ʻo ia ʻaʻole noʻu ke kula.ʻAʻole wau he kanaka hoʻonaʻauao, akā ʻaʻole wau e noho a aʻo i loko o ka lumi papa.e hana i kekahi mea me kou mau lima.
Ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ia iho e hauʻoli i ka geometry o ka masonry a me kāna koi no ka pololei.Ma hope o kona puka 'ana mai ke kulanui ma ke 'ano he haumana ma Sally Strachey Historic Conservation (ke hana mau nei 'o ia no ka hui i kapa 'ia i kēia mau lā 'o SSHC), ua a'o 'o ia i ke kalai kanaka a me nā holoholona, ​​a me ke 'oki pōhaku me ka pololei millimeter.Ua kapa ʻia kēia aʻo ʻana he bank masonry.“He hoʻokahi millimeter ka hoʻomanawanui ma ka ʻaoʻao hoʻokahi no ka mea inā lōʻihi ʻoe hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe.A inā e kūlou haʻahaʻa ʻoe, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kekahi mea.
ʻO nā mākau o Preston ma ke ʻano he mason ua kūpono loa me kāna mau akamai ʻē aʻe: ka piʻi pōhaku.I kona wā ʻōpiopio, makemake ʻo ia i ka piʻi mauna.I kona mau makahiki he 20, e hana ana no ka SSHC ma Farley Hungerford Castle, ua ʻike ʻo ia ua haʻalele ka poʻe holo moku i kahi pale ma luna o kahi pā kiʻekiʻe.Ma mua o ka piʻi hou ʻana i ka scaffolding, ua hoʻohana ʻo Preston i nā kaula e piʻi ai iā ia iho.Ua hoʻomaka mua kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he hale kiaʻi hou - a mai ia manawa ua iho ʻo ia i ka hale aliʻi ʻo Buckingham a piʻi i nā hale kiaʻi a me nā kiʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka hoʻokokoke akahele, ʻoi aku ka palekana o ka piʻi ʻana i ke kaula ma mua o ka scaffolding.Akā, hoʻohauʻoli nō naʻe."Makemake au i ka piʻi ʻana i nā piko o ka hale pule," wahi āna.“I kou piʻi ʻana i ka hale kiaʻi, e liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi ka nui o ka mea āu e piʻi nei, no laila ke ala ʻoe e ʻike nui ʻia.Ke iho nei ia i ka zero a ʻaʻole e pau ka hopohopo i ka poʻe. ".
A laila aia ka bonus ma luna."ʻAʻole like nā manaʻo, he kakaikahi ka poʻe e ʻike iā lākou.ʻO ka piʻi ʻana i ka spire ka mea maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka hana ʻana ma ke kaʻa kaʻa a i ʻole ma kahi hale kaulana.ʻO kāna ʻike punahele ʻo Wakefield Cathedral, nona ka spire kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua.Yorkshire.
Huli ʻo Preston ma ke alanui ʻāina a hiki mākou i ka hale hana.He hale mahiʻai kēia i hoʻololi ʻia, wehe ʻia i ka wā.Ma waho e kū ana ʻelua mau minarets: ʻo kahi hale hina hina i hana ʻia me ka ʻōpala ʻulaʻula, a ʻo kahi mea hou, maʻemaʻe a momona.(Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Preston he pōhaku Doulting; ʻaʻole au i ʻike nui i ka ʻalani me koʻu maka akaka, akā ʻōlelo ʻo ia he ʻokoʻa nā waihoʻoluʻu o nā papa like ʻole.)
Pono ʻo Preston e hōʻuluʻulu i ka mea kahiko a hoʻihoʻi i kāna mau ʻāpana i ka hale moku i mea e hoʻoholo ai i nā ana no ke pani."Ua hoʻohana mākou i nā lā i ka hoʻopili ʻana i kekahi mau pōhaku me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e ʻike i ke ʻano o ia ʻano," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia i ko mākou nānā ʻana i nā kiʻi ʻelua i ka lā.
E kau ʻia kahi kikoʻī hoʻonaninani ma waena o ka spire a me ka weather vane: kahi capstone.Ua hana ʻia kona ʻano pua ʻekolu e Preston, kūpaʻa i ka mea i haki ʻia, i loko o nā lā ʻehā.I kēia lā e noho ana ma luna o kahi papa hana, mākaukau no kahi huakaʻi hele hoʻokahi i St. Thomas.
Ma mua o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana, ua hōʻike mai ʻo Preston iaʻu i nā bolts kila ka lōʻihi i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka spire i ka waena o nā makahiki 1990.ʻO ka pahuhopu ka mālama ʻana i ka spire, akā ʻaʻole i noʻonoʻo nā ʻenekinia i ka ikaika o ka makani e like me Eunice.Ua piʻo ka pahu mānoanoa o ka paipu hoʻopau i ke ʻano C i kona hāʻule ʻana.Pono ʻo Preston a me kāna poʻe holo moku e haʻalele i kahi kapena ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o ka mea i loaʻa iā lākou, mahalo ma kahi ʻāpana i nā koʻokoʻo hoʻopaʻa kila kila maikaʻi aʻe."ʻAʻole mākou i manaʻo e hana hou i ka hana i ko mākou ola ʻana," wahi āna.
Ma ke ala i St. Thomas ua hala mākou i ka Wells Cathedral, kahi papahana ʻē aʻe a Preston a me kāna hui ma SSHC.Ma luna aʻe o ka uaki astronomical kaulana i ka transept ʻākau, ua kau ʻo Preston a me kāna hui i kekahi mau papa maʻemaʻe.
Makemake nā Freemasons e hoʻopiʻi e pili ana i kā lākou kālepa.Hōʻike lākou i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā uku haʻahaʻa, nā huakaʻi hele lōʻihi, nā mea hana aelike wikiwiki, a me nā mason manawa piha leʻaleʻa, he mea liʻiliʻi.ʻOiai nā hemahema o kāna hana, manaʻo ʻo Preston iā ia iho he pono.Ma luna o ka hale pule, ʻike ʻo ia i nā mea kupanaha i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka leʻaleʻa o ke Akua, ʻaʻole no ka leʻaleʻa o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.ʻO ka ʻike ʻana iā ia e piʻi ana i ka spire e like me kekahi ʻano kiʻi kiʻi ʻoliʻoli a hoʻohauʻoli i kāna keiki ʻelima makahiki ʻo Blake."Manaʻo wau ua laki mākou," wahi āna."Makemake loa au."
E nui mau ka hana.Noho hewa nā moraki ma hope o ke kaua i nā mason.Hiki i nā hale kahiko ke mālama pono i ka wela, akā inā wānana pololei ka Bureau of Meteorology i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau e alakaʻi i nā ʻino pinepine, e hana hou ʻia ka pōʻino i hana ʻia e Storm Eunice i kēia kenekulia.
Noho mākou ma ka pā haʻahaʻa e pili ana i ka ilina o St. Thomas.Ke kau nei ko'u lima ma ka lihi o luna o ka paia, ke ike nei au i ka pohaku i hanaia.Ua ʻāʻī mākou e ʻike i ke poʻo ʻole.I kekahi manawa i nā pule e hiki mai ana – ʻaʻole hoʻokuʻu ʻo SSHC i ka lā kikoʻī i ʻole e hoʻohuli ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka poʻe piʻi - e hoʻokomo ʻo Preston a me kāna mau limahana i kahi spire hou.
E hana lākou me nā cranes nui a manaʻolana e mau kā lākou ʻano hana hou no nā kenekulia.Ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo Preston i ka hale hana, 200 mau makahiki mai kēia manawa, e hōʻino ʻia nā mason i ko lākou mau kūpuna ("21st century idiots") ma nā wahi a pau a lākou e hoʻokomo ai i ke kila kila i loko o ko mākou mau hale kahiko.