Abingdon County Hall was taped off this afternoon as a worker abseiled about the outside.
A van, parked nearby, was the property of Chiltern Lifts Company. And so this could have been part of a survey to see about installing a lift, something the town council have started to investigate. Town council officers met recently with Historic England Planning and architects to consider three options for the lift. (But that is a complete guess. Somebody out there may know better. Perhaps it was the Mayor’s Charity Abseil.)
UPDATE: Actually, my guess was wrong. The lift engineers were looking at the current lift and will be back once they have consulted with the manufacturers. It could be out of action for a while. The abseil was English Heritage workers repairing the balustrade and cupola. They also cleaned the windows.
Let’s hope so…my disabled wife would love to be able to visit the museum
He looks like a window cleaner to me.
From what I’ve seen they were inspecting/redecorating/cleaning. At these heights its much more economical to abseil than to install a scaffold. Glad to see the town council taking care of its heritage!
The proposed lift shaft would be to the right, over the existing basement lift.