{"id":349664,"date":"2025-08-16T17:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T17:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/349664\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T17:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T17:23:10","slug":"race-to-save-precious-hidden-mosaics-uncovered-on-building-site-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/349664\/","title":{"rendered":"Race to save &#8216;precious&#8217; hidden mosaics uncovered on building site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tracey, who is from Chorlton, has drawn on her contacts in the world of restoration to put together a team of freelancers to begin the work of carefully stripping off the mosaic once a scaffold has been erected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said they hope to start work next week removing the tiles in &#8220;manageable sections&#8221;, and slowly lowering them into crates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When dividing the sections, &#8220;we have to ensure we&#8217;re not going to make a division line through an angel&#8217;s face&#8221;, she said, highlighing the meticulous planning required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the pressures of the demolition schedule mean the restoration team have a deadline of 24 August, meaning there is a possibility not all the mosaics will be saved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chris Heath, who is the managing director at Cube Homes said the firm were working collaboratively with Tracey and others to &#8220;find a solution to the logistical challenges around the mosaic removal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The developer said it had committed &#8220;funds and time to remove this mosaic as efficiently and as safely as possible so that the development can proceed&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tracey, who is from Chorlton, has drawn on her contacts in the world of restoration to put together&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[4021,4020,4022,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-349664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-design","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115039607402074281","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}