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GLANMORE UPDATE:A national historic site in Belleville is getting a makeover.
April 01, 2010
A NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE IN BELLEVILLE IS GETTING A MAKEOVER. A FRESH COAT OF PAINT IS BEING PUT UP ON THE WALLS AT GLANMORE - THE RESULT OF MONTHS OF EXTENSIVE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
NEWSWATCH'S ERIN HOWE EXPLAINS.
BELLEVILLE'S TREASURE IS ROLLING OUT A NEW LOOK - THIS WEEK, PAINTERS BEGAN TO RETURN THE HISTORIC HOUSE TO ITS ORIGINAL COLOUR SCHEME.
RUSTIGE: IT'S ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR US TO PRESENT THE HOUSE THE WAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE.
THIS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF ITS KIND OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE COUNTRY - BOTH OUTSIDE AND IN.
AND WHEN THE WORK IS COMPLETE - IT WILL BE EVEN MORE TRUE TO ITS HERITAGE.
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2008, CONSERVATION SCIENTISTS BEGAN THE WORK OF FINDING OUT WHAT'S UNDERNEATH YEARS AND YEARS WORTH OF PAINT AND WALLPAPER.
WAKELING: THAT PAINT CHIP WOULD'VE BEEN MAY'BE ABOUT A HALF A CENTIMETRE. . . .
THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE PAINT FLAKE ORIGINALLY USED TO ANALYZE THE FIRST LAYER OF PAINT - APPLIED ABOUT 120 YEARS AGO.
RUSTIGE: THEY TOOK THEIR SAMPLES, AND THEN FROM THERE, IT'S A STRICTLY SCIENTIFIC PROCESS. THEY USE MICROSCOPY, AND THEY DO CROSS SECTIONS."
VISITORS HAVE BEEN STOPPING IN HERE FOR YEARS, LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY AND SECOND EMPIRE STYLE - BUT THE WORK OF REPAINTING HAS PROVIDED STAFF WITH THEIR OWN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
WAKELING: WHEN CCI, OR THE CANADIAN CONSERVATION INSTITUTE ACTUALLY CAME, WE LEARNED A LOT JUST ABOUT THE PROCESSES AND ABOUT PAINT, AND DECORATION.
HOWE: THE PAINTING HERE AT GLANMORE IS EXPECTED TO BE A WORK IN PROCESS FOR A FEW YEARS TO COME, PAINTERS WILL BE WORKING AROUND PROGRAMMING AND OTHER RESTORATION.
AND WITH THIS NEW - OR OLD -SET OF COLOURS - GLANMORE'S RICH HISTORY WILL BE MORE DEEPLY APPRECIATED INTO THE FUTURE.
ERIN HOWE, CKWS NEWSWATCH, BELLEVILLE.
