Ingaruka zangije umuhanda ku irimbi rya kiliziya. Ibice binini bya kaburimbo n'ibirundo byari ku byatsi bikikije. Hafi y'umuhanda, nk'igice cya chess cyamenetse, hari ibisigazwa by'inyubako y'urusengero imaze imyaka 150. Mu masaha make ashize, yahagaze hejuru y'urusengero, hejuru y'urukuta. Ku bw'amahirwe, inyubako ya Victoria yaguye hasi ntiyanyuze mu gisenge cy'urusengero. Kubera impamvu zitazwi ubu, Kiliziya ya Mutagatifu Thomas i Wells ni imwe mu nsengero nke z'Abongereza zifite uruzitiro mu mfuruka y'amajyaruguru y'uburasirazuba.
Urutonde rw'abantu bagomba guhamagara muri iki gihe cy'ubutabazi ni rugufi. James Preston w'imyaka 37 yasubijwe. Preston ni umufundi w'amabuye y'agaciro akaba n'umwubatsi w'iminara, akazi ke gashingiye ku nyubako hafi ya zose z'amateka ziri mu gitabo cy'amateka y'Abongereza cyitwa Ladybug: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, Longleat, Ladd Cliff Camera na Whitby Abbey, gusa.
Umuturanyi wacuze uruzitiro rwafashwe kuri videwo n'umuturanyi we mu gihe cy'inkubi y'umuyaga Eunice muri Gashyantare. Ubwo nahuraga na Preston nyuma y'amezi atandatu, yanyeretse aho uruzitiro rushya rwari rwubakwa maze anjyana muri Kiliziya ya Mutagatifu Thomas. Nyuma yo gutwara ibirometero 30, Preston, ufite uburebure n'umukara, yambwiye ubwoko bw'amabuye yo mu Burengerazuba bw'Isi. Mu rwego rw'ubutaka, turi munsi y'umukandara wa limestone wa Oolitic wazengurukaga Oxford na Bath ukagera i York ukavuka mu gihe cya Jurassic, ubwo Cotswolds nyinshi zari mu nyanja zo mu turere dushyuha. Reba inzu nziza yo mu mujyi wa Jeworujiya i Bath cyangwa inzu nto y'ababoshyi i Gloucestershire, uzabona ibisuguti bya kera n'ibisigazwa by'amafi y'inyenyeri. Ibuye ryo mu bwato ni "limestone yoroshye ya Oolitic" - "oolites" bivuze "amabuye manini", yerekeza ku duce tw'uruziga tuyigize - "ariko dufite ibuye rya Hamstone na Doulting hanyuma ukagira ibuye ryashenjaguwe." Preston yagize ati: “Inyubako z’amateka zo muri utu duce akenshi ziba ari inkengero zoroshye zifite amabuye ya Bass ndetse n’inkuta zishobora kuba za Lias.”
Ibuye ry'umukara ni iryoroshye, ritoroshye kandi rifite ijwi rishyushye, bitandukanye cyane n'ibuye rito rya Portland dukoresha mu gace ka Londres rwagati. Abareba buri gihe bashobora kubona ubwo bwoko bw'amabuye, ariko Preston afite ijisho nk'iry'umuhanga. Ubwo twegeraga Wells, yerekeje ku nyubako z'ibuye rya Dortin aho Mutagatifu Thomas yubatswe. Preston yagize ati: “Dulting ni ibuye ry'umukara rya oolitic, ariko ni orange kandi rigoye cyane.”
Yasobanuye uburyo amasasu atandukanye yakoreshejwe mu Bwongereza. Yahoraga atandukanye bitewe n'imiterere y'ubutaka bw'aho hantu, hanyuma mu gihe cya nyuma y'intambara ashyirwaho uburyo buhamye, bituma inyubako zigwa amazi hakoreshejwe amasasu adashobora kwinjiramo apfundikiwe n'ubushuhe. Preston na bagenzi be bakurikiranira hafi amasasu ya mbere, bayakuraho kugira ngo bamenye imiterere yayo mu gihe cyo kuyigereranya. Yagize ati: “Nugendagenda i Londres, uzasanga inyubako zifite imigozi mito y'umweru [lime]. Uzajya ahandi kandi zizaba zifite umutuku, umucanga w'umutuku cyangwa umutuku.”
Preston yabonye ubuhanga mu bwubatsi budasanzwe nta wundi muntu wabubonye. Yagize ati: “Namaze igihe kinini nkora ibi.” Yatangiye gukora muri uru rwego kuva afite imyaka 16, ubwo yavaga mu ishuri akajya muri kompanyi imwe yakoreyemo imyaka 20.
Ni nde muhungu w'imyaka 16 wavuye mu ishuri akajya kuba umufundi w'amatafari? Ati: 'Ntacyo mbizi!'. Ati: “Biratangaje gato. Yasobanuye ko ishuri “mu by’ukuri atari iryanjye. Sindi umuntu ukunda kwiga, ariko nanjye sindi umuntu ukunda kwicara no kwiga mu ishuri. Kora ikintu n'amaboko yawe.”
Yasanze yishimira imiterere y'ubukorikori n'ibisabwa kugira ngo bube bwiza. Nyuma yo kurangiza kaminuza nk'umunyeshuri muri Sally Strachey Historic Conservation (aracyakorera ikigo kizwi nka SSHC muri iki gihe), yize kubaga abantu n'inyamaswa, ndetse no gukata amabuye neza muri milimetero. Ubu bumenyi buzwi nka banki masonry. “Kwihanganira ni milimetero imwe mu cyerekezo kimwe kuko iyo ukiri muremure cyane ushobora kuyikuramo. Kandi iyo umanutse cyane, ntacyo ushobora gukora.”
Ubuhanga bwa Preston nk'umufundi bujyanye neza n'ubundi buhanga bwe: kuzamuka amabuye. Akiri ingimbi, yakundaga kuzamuka imisozi. Mu myaka ye ya 20, yakoreraga SSHC mu ngoro ya Farley Hungerford, yabonye ko abakozi basize igitambaro hejuru y'urukuta rurerure. Aho kongera kuzamuka ikigo, Preston yakoresheje imigozi kugira ngo azamuke. Umwuga we nk'umunara ugezweho waratangiye - kandi kuva icyo gihe yamanukaga ingoro ya Buckingham azamuka iminara n'inkuta bitagira inenge.
Avuga ko iyo umuntu yitonze, kuzamuka umugozi ari byiza kuruta kubaka inkingi. Ariko biracyari bishimishije. Yagize ati: “Nkunda kuzamuka inkuta z’urusengero.” “Uko uzamuka umusozi w’urusengero, uburemere bw’ibyo uzamuka burushaho kuba buto, bityo iyo uhagurutse urushaho kugaragara. Bigera kuri zeru kandi ntibihwema guhangayikisha abantu.”
Hanyuma hari inyungu iri hejuru. “Ibyiza ni nk'ibindi, abantu bake ni bo babibona. Kuzamuka ku nyubako ni cyo kintu cyiza cyane mu gukorera ku modoka ikoresha insinga cyangwa mu nyubako y'amateka. Ibyiza akunda ni Katedrali ya Wakefield, ifite inyubako ndende kurusha izindi ku isi.” Yorkshire.
Preston yahindukiye ku muhanda wo mu cyaro maze tugera aho bakoreraga. Iyi ni inyubako y’ubuhinzi yahinduwe, ifunguye ku nyubako z’ikirere. Hanze hari iminara ibiri: ishaje, y’umukara ikozwe mu bisigazwa by’amabara y’ibimera, n’indi nshya, yoroshye kandi ifite amavuta meza. (Preston avuga ko ari ibuye ritagira ibara; ntabwo mbona umuhondo mwinshi n’ijisho ryanjye rikeye, ariko avuga ko urwego rutandukanye rw’ibuye rimwe rushobora kugira amabara atandukanye.)
Preston yagombaga guteranya ishaje no gusubiza ibice byayo mu kigo cy’ubwato kugira ngo amenye ingano y’iyindi. Yagize ati: “Twamaze iminsi duhuza amabuye make tugerageza kumenya uko yagombaga kumera,” ubwo twarebaga ibishushanyo bibiri ku zuba.
Hazashyirwamo ishusho y'imitako hagati y'insinga n'urukiramende rw'ikirere: ibuye rinini. Ishusho y'indabyo zayo ifite imiterere itatu yakozwe na Preston, yakurikije iya mbere yavunitse, mu minsi ine. Uyu munsi iri ku ntebe yo gukoreramo, yiteguye urugendo rwo kujya muri St. Thomas.
Mbere yuko tugenda, Preston yanyeretse imigozi y'icyuma ndende yashyizwe mu nsingo hagati mu myaka ya 1990. Intego yari ugukomeza umugozi, ariko injeniyeri ntizitaye ku muyaga wari ukomeye nk'uwa Eunice. Umugozi w'umuyoboro w'amazi ufite ubugari bwa C wagonze uhinduka C ubwo wagwaga. Preston n'abakozi be bagombaga gusiga umugozi ukomeye kurusha uwo babonye, ​​bitewe n'imigozi myiza yo gupfunyikamo ibyuma bitarangwamo ibyuma. Yagize ati: “Ntitwigeze dushaka kongera gukora akazi tukiriho.”
Mu nzira igana Mutagatifu Thomas twanyuze kuri Katedrali ya Wells, undi mushinga wa Preston n'ikipe ye muri SSHC. Hejuru y'isaha izwi cyane y'inyenyeri mu gice cy'amajyaruguru, Preston n'ikipe ye bashyizeho amabati menshi meza.
Aba Freemason bakunda kwinubira ubucuruzi bwabo. Bavuga itandukaniro riri hagati y'umushahara muto, ingendo ndende, abakora akazi gakomeye, n'abakora akazi k'igihe cyose, bakiri bake. Nubwo hari inenge mu kazi ke, Preston yibona nk'umuntu w'icyubahiro. Ku gisenge cya katedrali, yabonye ibintu biteye ubwoba byateguwe kugira ngo bishimishe Imana, aho kuba ibyo kwishimisha abandi bantu. Kumubona azamuka ku nkuta nk'ikintu runaka biramushimisha kandi bishimisha umuhungu we w'imyaka itanu Blake. Yagize ati: “Ndatekereza ko twagize amahirwe. Ndabishaka cyane.”
Hazabaho akazi kenshi. Imashini zikora ibintu bitari byo nyuma y’intambara zikoresha abubatsi. Inyubako zishaje zishobora kwihanganira ubushyuhe neza, ariko niba Ikigo gishinzwe iteganyagihe gihanura neza ko imihindagurikire y’ikirere izatuma habaho inkubi z’umuyaga nyinshi, ibyangijwe n’inkubi y’umuyaga Eunice bizongera kubaho inshuro nyinshi muri iki kinyejana.
Twari twicaye ku rukuta rugufi rukikije irimbi rya Mutagatifu Thomas. Igihe ukuboko kwanjye guhagarara ku nkombe yo hejuru y'urukuta, numva ibuye ryangiritse ryakozwemo. Twarazamuye amajosi yacu kugira ngo turebe inyubako idafite umutwe. Mu byumweru biri imbere - SSHC ntabwo itangaza itariki nyayo kugira ngo abareba badahungabanya abazamuka - Preston n'abakozi be bazashyiraho inyubako nshya.
Bazabikora bakoresheje imashini nini kandi bizeye ko uburyo bwabo bugezweho buzamara ibinyejana byinshi. Nkuko Preston abyibaza mu iduka, mu myaka 200 iri imbere, abubatsi bazaba bavuma abakurambere babo ("abaswa bo mu kinyejana cya 21") aho bashyira ibyuma bitagira umuhengeri mu nyubako zacu za kera.