Historic Hampshire canopy restored
The Royal Navy training centre, HMS Collingwood at Fareham, has a cast iron barrel-vaulted entrance canopy made by the renowned Walter McFarlane, Saracen Foundry, Glasgow in the 1860s. Although the canopy is a true semi-circular vault, the glazing is made up of hundreds of small pieces of flat glass.
Working for Britannia Ltd, Alton, Hants, Leander have restored the structure at their Buxton works and it was re-erected in April 2008. Photos to follow…