Work on a war memorial restoration project on the Isle of Lewis is complete.

The £200,000 Lewis War Memorial refurbishment secured a £132,000 grant towards costs from the War Memorial Trusts (WMT) First World War Memorials Programme.

Features of the project include;

• External stonework pointing to all elevations and faces of the memorial, removing the existing pointing and replacing with hydraulic lime/sand mortar

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• Replacement of 15 slim windows with new timber vented louvres and the replacement of the four nine-pane windows to level four of the memorial

• Replacement and renewal of the top turret roof covering and structural members in code 8 lead

• A new upgraded fit for purpose lightning conductors was fitted

• The internal work was primarily the removal of existing secondary material (cement render, plaster and paint) and then subsequent repointing of the inner walls with lime / sand mortar. The significant benefit of this aspect of the works will allow the walls to 'breathe' whereas before water and moisture were trapped

In addition, the internal galvanised and steel spiral stair was refurbished, along with the two high level doors and the main entrance door.

(LM)