MAGENTA BUILDING CONSERVATION LTD
Stonemasonry, restoration and complete repair works to historical and ecclesiastical buildings.

Boxgrove Priory, Sussex.
Rope Access work

History
Near to Boxgrove Priory is the site of the oldest humanoid remains in Europe. "Boxgrove Man" dates back 500,000 years and along with his remains was found evidence of a large flint tool industry. The earliest church on the site was Saxon of which little is known and only the foundations remain.

Boxgrove Priory was founded in 1108 by the Benedictine Abbey of Lessay in France. The church went through three main phases of construction. The Norman style commenced in 1120, the Transitional period from c.1170 and the Early English style c.1220. After the dissolution in 1536 the building to the west of the tower was left to become a ruin and it is the eastern monastic nave, the tower and transepts that now form the parish church.

The Project
Magenta Building Conservation Ltd were tasked with a variety of minor but urgent conservation work throughout the building. It was decided that the most cost effective way of carrying this out was by rope access which meant there was no need for scaffolding. This also meant that there was minimum impact on the day to day business of the church and the community as services carried on as normal.

The work included: re-pointing; stone replacement and vegetation removal from gullies and roof surfaces. Using a system of ropes pulleys and ladders our rope access technicians were able to carry out the work in just a few days.

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