Demolition and preservation proceed with care at Lincoln gallery
Sensitive demolition and preservation work on a Lincoln art gallery is carrying on around the freshly-exposed original 1920s brickwork.
Contractors working on the £1 million renovation of the Usher Gallery are proceeding with extra caution after getting down to the footprint and elevations of the original gallery, designed by Reginald Blomfield in 1927.
The work on the gallery will see a new pavilion-style entrance constructed in Danes Terrace, and the entrance in Lindum Road closed. It aims to make the gallery fully accessible by disabled people. It will also link it to The Collection museum.
Jeremy Webster, who has been project managing the development said the demolition of the old extension and exposure of the brickwork has been a milestone in the year-long project.
"Since closing, gallery staff have removed and packed away all of the 5,000 objects and pictures that were on the walls and stored in the gallery," he said.
"In addition to this, the gallery has been rewired and all the exhibition lighting has been replaced."
Contractors began the demolition work on the gallery's Curtois and coin room extensions in April. Once demolition is complete, construction on the new pavilion entrance will start, with completion expected by the Autumn.
