In Pictures: Tree-top protest

1 of 7 About 20 protesters gathered outside St Catherine's Rectory on Monday

2 of 7 One protester climbed a tree to prevent it from being felled

3 of 7 A security firm called police to the site

4 of 7 Slates had been taken off the rectory's roof and inner furnishings removed

5 of 7 Cutting equipment was taken to the site early in the morning

6 of 7 Contractors were stopped from cutting down the tree

7 of 7 Two elderly women tied themselves to the railings with the tree cutters rope