Zotsatirazi zidawononga msewu wa kumanda atchalitchi.Zidutswa zazikulu za phula ndi matope zinali pa udzu wozungulira.Pafupi ndi msewu, ngati chidutswa cha chess chosweka, pali zotsalira za tchalitchi chazaka 150.Maola angapo apitawo, iye anayima pamwamba pomwe pa tchalitchicho, akuyenda pamwamba pa bwalo la tchalitchicho.Mwamwayi nyumba ya Victorian inagwa pansi osati padenga la tchalitchicho.Pazifukwa zomwe sizikudziwika, Tchalitchi cha St. Thomas ku Wells ndi umodzi mwa matchalitchi ochepa achingelezi omwe ali ndi chinsanja chakumpoto chakum'mawa.
Mndandanda wa anthu oti ayimbire pa ngoziyi ndi waufupi.Kuyimbako kudayankhidwa ndi James Preston wazaka 37.Preston ndi womanga ndi nsanja yemwe ntchito yake imapachikidwa pafupifupi nyumba iliyonse yakale yomwe ili mu Ladybug Book of Britain History: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, Longleat, Ladd Cliff Camera ndi Whitby Abbey, kungotchula ochepa chabe.
Kugwa kwa spire kunagwidwa pavidiyo ndi mnansi pamtunda wa Storm Eunice mu February.Nditakumana ndi Preston miyezi isanu ndi umodzi pambuyo pake, adandiwonetsa malo ogwirira ntchito komwe amamangidwanso ndipo adanditengera ku Tchalitchi cha St Thomas.Nditayendetsa mtunda wa makilomita 20, Preston, yemwe anali wamanyazi komanso wonyezimira, anandiuza za miyala yosiyanasiyana ya ku West Country.Kuchokera pamalingaliro a geological, tili pansi pa lamba wa miyala ya miyala ya oolitic yomwe idadutsa ku Oxford ndi Bath mpaka ku York ndipo idapangidwa panthawi ya Jurassic, pomwe ma Cotswolds ambiri anali m'nyanja zotentha.Yang'anani m'nyumba yokongola ya ku Georgia ku Bath kapena kanyumba kakang'ono koluka nsalu ku Gloucestershire, ndipo muwona zipolopolo zakale ndi zotsalira za starfish.Mwala wosambira ndi "mwala wofewa wa oolitic" - "oolites" amatanthauza "miyala", kutanthauza tinthu tozungulira tomwe timapanga - "koma tili ndi miyala ya Hamstone ndi Doulting ndiye mumapeza mwala wophwanyidwa."Nyumba zodziwika bwino m'malo awa nthawi zambiri zimakhala miyala yamiyala yofewa yokhala ndi miyala ya Bass ndipo mwina makoma a Lias," adatero Preston.
Limestone ndi yofewa, yonyezimira komanso yofunda, yotalikirana ndi mwala wocheperako kwambiri wa Portland womwe timagwiritsa ntchito m'chigawo chapakati cha London.Owonera nthawi zonse amatha kuona miyala yamtunduwu, koma Preston ali ndi diso la odziwa.Pamene tinali kuyandikira Wells, iye analoza nyumba za miyala ya Dortin imene St. Thomas anamangako.Preston anati: "Kudulira ndi mwala wonyezimira wa oolitic, koma ndilanje komanso loyipa."
Adafotokozanso matope osiyanasiyana omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ku UK.Iwo ankakonda kusiyanasiyana malinga ndi momwe geology yakomweko, ndiyeno pambuyo pa nkhondoyo idakhazikika mokhazikika, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti nyumba ziwonongeke ndi dothi losasunthika losindikizidwa mu chinyezi.Preston ndi anzake ankayang'anitsitsa matope oyambirira, kuwachotsa kuti athe kudziwa zomwe akupanga panthawi yoyerekezera.“Mukayenda kuzungulira London, mupeza nyumba zokhala ndi timizere ting’onoting’ono toyera [la laimu].Mudzapita kwina ndipo adzakhala pinki, mchenga wa pinki, kapena wofiira.
Preston adawona zobisika zamamangidwe zomwe palibe wina adaziwona.Iye anati: “Ndakhala ndikuchita zimenezi kwa nthawi yaitali.Iye wakhala akugwira ntchito imeneyi kuyambira ali ndi zaka 16, pamene anasiya sukulu n’kupita kukampani yomwe anagwirako ntchito kwa zaka 20.
Ndi mwana wanji wazaka 16 amene anasiya sukulu kuti akhale womanga nyumba?'Sindikudziwa!' Iye akutero.“Ndi zachilendo.Iye anafotokoza kuti sukulu “si yanga kwenikweni.Sindine munthu wamaphunziro, koma sindine woti ndikhale ndikuphunziranso mkalasi.chitani chinachake ndi manja anu.
Anapeza kuti akusangalala ndi geometry ya zomangamanga ndi zofunikira zake kuti zikhale zolondola.Atamaliza maphunziro awo ku koleji monga wophunzira ku Sally Strachey Historic Conservation (akugwirabe ntchito ku kampani yomwe masiku ano imadziwika kuti SSHC), adaphunzira kusema anthu ndi zinyama, komanso kudula miyala ndi millimeter molondola.Lamuloli limadziwika kuti masonry banki.“Kulekerera ndi milimita imodzi mbali imodzi chifukwa ukakhala wamtali ukhoza kuvula.Ndipo ngati mutsika kwambiri, simungathe kuchita chilichonse.
Maluso a Preston ngati womanga amafanana bwino ndi luso lake lina: kukwera miyala.Ali wachinyamata ankakonda kukwera mapiri.Ali ndi zaka za m'ma 20, akugwira ntchito ku SSHC ku Farley Hungerford Castle, adazindikira kuti ogwira nawo ntchito adasiya bulangeti pamwamba pa khoma lalitali.M'malo mokweranso kukweranso, Preston adagwiritsa ntchito zingwe kukwera yekha.Ntchito yake ngati nsanja yamakono yayamba kale - ndipo kuyambira pamenepo wakhala akutsika Buckingham Palace ndikukwera nsanja ndi spiers.
Iye akunena kuti ndi njira yosamala, kukwera zingwe ndi kotetezeka kusiyana ndi kukwera kwa scaffolding.Koma ndi zosangalatsabe.Iye anati: “Ndimakonda kukwera mipanda ya tchalitchi.“Ukamakwera phiri la tchalitchi, unyinji wa zomwe ukukwera umacheperachepera, motero ukadzuka umaonekera kwambiri.Zimafika pa zero ndipo sizisiya kuda nkhawa anthu. ”.
Ndiye pali bonasi pamwamba."Mawonekedwe ake ndi ngati china chilichonse, ndi anthu ochepa omwe amawawona.Kukwera spire ndi chinthu chabwino kwambiri chogwirira ntchito pagalimoto yamagetsi kapena m'nyumba yakale.Maganizo ake omwe amawakonda kwambiri ndi Wakefield Cathedral, yomwe ili ndi malo otalika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.Yorkshire.
Preston anatembenukira kumsewu wakumidzi ndipo tidafika pamalo ochitira msonkhano.Iyi ndi nyumba yafamu yosinthidwa, yotseguka nyengo.Kunja kunali mipiringidzo iwiri: yachikale, imvi yopangidwa ndi zinyalala za mtundu wa moss, ndipo ina yatsopano, yosalala ndi yokoma.(Preston akuti ndi mwala wa Doulting; sindikuwona lalanje kwambiri ndi diso langa loyera, koma akuti zigawo zosiyanasiyana za mwala womwewo zimatha kukhala ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana.)
Preston adayenera kusonkhanitsa yakaleyo ndikubwezeretsa zida zake kumalo osungiramo zombo kuti adziwe kukula kwake.“Tinakhala masiku ambiri tikumatira miyala ingapo kuyesa kudziŵa mmene iyenera kukhalira,” iye anatero pamene tinali kuyang’ana akangaude aŵiri padzuŵa.
Tsatanetsatane wokongoletsa adzayikidwa pakati pa spire ndi nyengo vane: mwala wapamutu.Maonekedwe ake amaluwa amitundu itatu adapangidwa ndi Preston, wokhulupirika ku choyambirira chosweka, mkati mwa masiku anayi.Lero akukhala pa benchi yogwirira ntchito, kukonzekera ulendo wopita ku St. Thomas.
Tisananyamuke, Preston anandiwonetsa zitsulo zazitali zazitali za bwalo zomwe zinayikidwa mu spire chapakati pa 1990s.Cholinga chake chinali choti spireyo isawonongeke, koma akatswiriwo sanaganizire kuti mphepoyo inali yamphamvu ngati ya Eunice.Bawuti yokhuthala ndi chitoliro chopindika ngati C pamene imagwa.Preston ndi ogwira nawo ntchito akadayenera kusiya capstan yamphamvu kuposa momwe adapezera, chifukwa mwa zina ndi ndodo zachitsulo zosapanga dzimbiri.Iye anati: “Sitinafune kukonzanso ntchitoyi tili ndi moyo.
Panjira yopita ku St. Thomas tinadutsa Wells Cathedral, polojekiti ina ya Preston ndi gulu lake ku SSHC.Pamwamba pa wotchi yotchuka ya zakuthambo kumpoto kwa transept, Preston ndi gulu lake anaika masileti angapo oyera.
A Freemasons amakonda kudandaula za malonda awo.Iwo amatchula kusiyana pakati pa malipiro ochepa, kuyenda mtunda wautali, makontrakitala othamanga, ndi omanga anthawi zonse, omwe akadali ochepa.Ngakhale kuti ntchito yake ndi yofooka, Preston amadziona kuti ndi mwayi.Patsindwi la tchalitchicho, adawona zinthu zonyansa zidakhazikitsidwa kuti zisangalatse Mulungu, osati zosangalatsa za anthu ena.Kumuwona akukwera mmwamba ngati chifaniziro chamtundu wina kumakondweretsa ndikusangalatsa mwana wake wazaka zisanu Blake."Ndikuganiza kuti tinali ndi mwayi," adatero.“Ndikufunadi.”
Nthawi zonse padzakhala ntchito yambiri.Mitondo yolakwika ya pambuyo pa nkhondo imakhala ndi zomangamanga.Nyumba zakale zimatha kupirira kutenthako bwino, koma ngati Bureau of Meteorology ineneratu molondola kuti kusintha kwanyengo kudzayambitsa mikuntho yochulukirachulukira, kuwonongeka koyambitsidwa ndi Storm Eunice kubwerezedwa kangapo m'zaka za zana lino.
Tinali titakhala pakhoma lotsika m’malire a manda a St. Thomas.Dzanja langa likakhala pamwamba pa khoma, ndimamva mwala wophwanyika umene unapangidwa.Tinakweza makosi athu kuti tiwone kachidutswa kopanda mutu.Nthawi ina m'masabata akubwera - SSHC sichimatulutsa tsiku lenileni kuti owonerera asasokoneze okwera - Preston ndi antchito ake adzakhazikitsa spire yatsopano.
Adzachita ndi ma cranes akuluakulu ndikuyembekeza kuti njira zawo zamakono zidzatha zaka mazana ambiri.Monga Preston amaganizira mumsonkhanowu, zaka 200 kuchokera pano, omangamanga adzakhala akutemberera makolo awo ("21st century idiots") kulikonse kumene amaika zitsulo zosapanga dzimbiri m'nyumba zathu zakale.