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| Ecclesiastical Lighting, part of the Light Projects Group, has completed an impressive
lighting scheme for the Parish church of St Mary The Virgin at Chiddingstone in Kent.
The scheme was designed and supplied by Ecclesiastical Lighting in consultation with
Fireflix and Churchwarden Nigel Lucas. The brief was to replace the lighting with a high
performance, multi-functional, modern computer-controlled scheme. This needed to
have preset lighting levels to meet the various requirements of different types of service.
In addition, certain features of the 13th Century church, such as the sandstone font,
the 18th Century chandelier, the 14th Century window and the famous “vinegar” bible
all needed to be more effectively illuminated.
This need to balance the provision of ambient lighting sufficient for the congregation
with the highlighting of important architectural and historical features meant that a very
carefully thought out scheme had to be in planned.
To make the lighting unobtrusive but effective, it was decided to use over 100 black
remote spotlights to line the perimeter of the pitched roof with brass spotlights to
illuminate the interior of the arches. The whole scheme is run by a controller which has
several preset lighting levels as well as manual override to adjust the lux levels as
needed.
Ecclesiastical Lighting is a division of the Light Projects Group. The company specialises
in the design, supply and installation of schemes for the interior and exterior of places of
worship. |
