Conservation of wall paintings by the Perry Lithgow Partnership at St Mary's Church, Mundon, 2011 - EEX59671

St Mary’s Church contains wall paintings from various dates in both the nave and the chancel, with the most complete and impressive being the 18th century scheme of fictive curtaining and painted inscriptions at the East end of the chancel which were conserved by the Perry Lithgow Partnership in 2009. Immediately following that phase of work the Perry Lithgow Partnership were commissioned to compile a condition report including technical analysis, options for treatment and presentation, on the other wall paintings and painted decoration in the nave and chancel. The recommendations in the survey report were generally accepted by the Friends of Friendless Churches Trust and, in due course, the Perry Lithgow Partnership was instructed to proceed with a second phase of conservation treatment. The approach to treatment of the nave walls was minimal intervention. The aim being to reveal areas of wall painting, stabilise and retain the wall plaster and the various layers of limewash and coloured distemper, tone down patches of bright white emulsion paint covering some previous repair plaster and apply suitably coloured limewash grounds to unpainted, previous repair plaster.