The part of the
weather vane that turns into the wind is usually shaped like an arrow.
Mr Wilson added: "While we are repairing the
weather vane we will also repoint the spire, and there is also a lot of work that needs doing internally.
Students cut out their
weather vanes and laid their patterns or templates on fourteen-ply chipboard.
"We have a few parked cars at the side which obviously cannot be moved - if the
weather vane falls on them it could be a problem.
50Years Ago An unknown man climbed the 160ft steeple of St Michael's Church, Handsworth, Birmingham, by a builder's ladder during Saturday night and tied his wife's umbrella to an arm of the
weather vane.
Cockerel
weather vane, pounds 9.99, from Index Stores (0345 444 444)
Now the sundials, plus a replacement for the
weather vane, have been reunited with the stem of the cross.
Castell Coch, a favourite setting for weddings, will close for essential repairs, which includes redecorating the iconic Madonna and Child statue and restoring the
weather vane.
During bad weather the roof has been leaking Repairs and decoration to the clock faces and
weather vane unit
The silver-rimmed late 18th Century beaker is engraved with the tale of two crows who endlessly tried to nest on the
weather vane of the Guildhall on Newcastle's Quayside.
He produced a Welsh dragon
weather vane which is surrounded by hanging baskets.