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Delf Chapel

9/29/2015

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One of the many things I love about my job is the places I go to and the people I meet. I have previously made mention of the Robert Adams floor spring, I would now like to tell you about Delf Chapel, Topcroft, the site of the Robert Adams contract.

Delf Chapel is a fantastic property situated in the tiny village of Topcroft about 30 minutes outside of Norwich, at present the owners are Roger and Sheralee Barker who have both restored and converted this property to a high spec.

They have continued to breath further life into this wonderful building after it was originally made into a private home in 1988. I had the pleasure of meeting Roger and Sheralee after I was contacted to repair their set of Robert Adams Silent (See Robert Adams blog post) floor springs.

Delf Chapel had its 2 foundation stones laid on the 16th June 1893 by Lady Mayoress of Norwich, Mrs Spelman and Miss Harriet Delf. It was built on land provided by land given by Mr. T. Scrulton and built in memory of Mr. Samuel Newton Delf. The construction was completed on the 29th of October and cost £545 having provision for 150 people to worship. The money for its construction was met by donations, receiving a large donation of £100 from philanthropist James Jeremiah Coleman, then owner of the famous Norwich company Colemans Mustard a close friend and somewhat of a business partner of Samuel Newton Delf, himself being a local philanthropist too.


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For more information on Delf Chapel click and paste the link below into your browser (The property has been further modernised and improved since these photographs were taken).

http://media1.fineandcountry.com/v3/clients/192/properties/50021007/MED_50021007_50041777.pdf

Thank you Roger and Sheralee for inviting me into your home and giving me the opportunity to work on your floor springs. Please feel free to leave comments if you read this blog post.
3 Comments
Jess The Door Closer Doctor
9/30/2015 05:28:19 pm

Hello MFS,

looks like you did a great job working on the Delf church,

usually when its a place like this, they go the opposite way, get the floorsprings removed and filll in the holes in the floor left by them, reading things like this (what you did) makes me want to look around in old churches and mansions in hopes I could help the owner with their door problems if and when they arise.

keep up the great work you do on them floorsprings, your postings on the blog never bore me, just like a sitcom, always wonder what will come up next!

-Jess the door closer doctor

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MFS Rod link
10/3/2015 11:19:10 pm

Hey Jess,

Roger and Sheralee were a great couple I love their home, it was fantastic the way they had and were continuing to work on the place. Yes you are right these old floor springs are usually took out and skipped, such a shame as they are perfectly servicable if you know what you are doing and have a mind to keep them.

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Jess the Door Closer Doctor
10/10/2015 03:00:49 pm

helps to also know that often its cheaper and easier to get it REPAIRED instead of REPLACED, and you found a perfect pair to put in the doorway, hopefully they will never have any problems with them and if they did, they know who to contact to get them repaired.

-Jess the door closer doctor

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