The 20-21 Visual Arts Centre in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire is unique in that it was formerly St John the Evangelist Church, built in 1891. After remaining derelict for 16 years, the building was converted in the year 2000 into the 20-21 Visual Arts Centre that stands today. During the 2000 – 2001 renovations, a single storey extension was built forming the modern part of the building with a glass corridor linking this to the south side of the church. Most of the former church’s features remain intact.
The 20-21 Visual Arts Centre in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire is a Grade II* listed property located immediately to the east end of Church Square which has been formed at the eastern end of the main High Street through the town.
The Gothic Revival style of the 20-21 Visual Arts Centre in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire includes an extensive amount of elaborately carved Ancaster limestone. These carvings include a large amount of individual and unique grotesques and gargoyles, intricately carved finials with detailed crockets, hood mouldings over doors and windows, battlement parapet walls plus many more fine details throughout the building.
As part of a larger restoration scheme to the 20-21 Visual Arts Centre in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, Ram 80 were instructed by the main contractor to carry out Thermatech / DOFF steam cleaning to the all of the Limestone detailing to the whole of the building. As the building is located close to a steelworks, the Limestone had quite a large buildup of atmospheric pollution and organic growth.
The works were coordinated in conjunction with the Main Contractor to cause minimal disruption to the site Masons. Due to the modern portion of the building still in use by the client, we had to ensure no disruption at all was caused, this was achieved through the use of our custom built Thermatech trailer and the quality and skill of our fully trained operatives.
The bell tower at the 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, measured in at approximately 40m tall, due to the excellent build quality and adjustable flow rate of the Thermatech machine, we had no problem in cleaning even the tallest parts of the bell tower.
The Thermatech / DOFF achieves amazing results as can be seen in the 50/50 photo.
The Thermatech / DOFF brought this Grade II* Listed Building back to life removing the buildup of algae and moss and revealing all the intricate carved details of the Ancaster Limestone.
