This William Kent (1685-1748) cornice is original and retains its original gilt finish. Other features and mouldings in the room such as the shutters, door and window architraves, door mouldings, dado rail and skirting mouldings were oil gilded and toned to match the original finish.

This church ceiling had not been cleaned since its installation in the 19th century. Years of candle burning had blackened the surface condiderably, in some areas to a near black finish. Conservation cleaning was prescibed with, where necessary, some restoration. All designs and colours can now be seen and appreciated. This project was hugely successful on a practical level but also gave the sanctuary space its quiet beauty back. This work is further detailed on our ‘Projects’ page.

Conservation cleaning, consolidation works during the converting of Magnus House for what was going to become The National Civil War Museum, we discovered historic graffiti carved into the original lath and plaster panels, the earliest dated 1608. Various names, dates, symbols alongside a bit of heraldry were discovered. This work is further detailed on our ‘Projects’ page.

Conservation cleaning and consolidation was carried out on post WWII graffiti that was discovered when panelling was removed from under a stairway at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham. The space is jam packed with many names, addresses, dates and declarations of love. Some individuals may still be alive but most certainly there will be living relatives.

Where possible, We employ traditional materials and techniques to achieve a faithful representaion of an original work. This image shows the reinststatement of an historic design previously found on a church ceiling. This work is featured in the ‘Projects’ page under St. Mary’s Church, Derby, Lady Chapel Ceiling.

How we see architectural detail and the overall view of a space is greatly influenced by colour and design. We believe stone was made to be painted. Here we have reinstated previous colours found during paint analysis and created a new scheme with that information.

A cleaned and restored bell tower ceiling.

The remains of a medieval painted design was conserved and consolidated to prevent any further deterioration and to preserve it for future generations.

We never leave a stone unturned, we look and then look again to ensure we have all the possible information required to conserve and restore an interior. This work is usually carried out by scientific analysis, on site investigations and research.

This early 20th century painted panelling was dirty and had ‘bloomed’ significantly resulting in the colours and designs being greatly affected. After careful cleaning the colours and designs were brought back to life.