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New chapter for Sewerby Hall
A team of craftsmen from Leeds-based specialist plastering firm Ornate Interiors have played their part in giving a new lease of life to a historic and popular East Yorkshire landmark.
Sewerby Hall is a Grade I listed Georgian country house that dates back to 1714. Set in 50 acres of landscaped gardens in the village of Sewerby near Bridlington, the venue attracts over 150,000 visitors annually and has recently undergone a comprehensive refurbishment with a range of plastering requirements forming part of the scope of works.
Specialist in sash windows can restore or replace with a perfect replica
One of the established craftspeople appointed by Team Force for a number of its projects is sash window restoration specialist David Humble.
Based in Morpeth, in the south east corner of Northumberland, David and his team offer a complete renovation service for traditional sash windows which leaves them looking and performing like new.
Read more: Specialist in sash windows can restore or replace with a perfect replica
Heritage Centre renovations completed
The substantial scaffolding structure outside the Heritage Centre at 150 High Street, Henley has attracted a good deal of curiosity and attention over the last three months. Well, you certainly couldn't miss it: it became facetiously known as the Heritage Centre's conservatory.
Ancient Buildings can look solid, indestructible and everlasting. In reality of course they are as prone to the ravages of age as any man-made construction. A large part of the house, the home of Henley's Heritage Centre, was dated by experts as a building of the middle 14th century - the year 1345 to be precise.
A lighting requirement? One church's perspective
Considerations other than cost need to be made when engaging a contractor for a church lighting project.
Anthony J Smith (Gloucester) Ltd has recently completed a project to install new lighting throughout Great Malvern Priory which is part of the Greater Churches Network. The priory is a Grade I listed building and is a focal point both in Malvern and in the Diocese of Worcester.
Verrier, profile of a Scottish restoration, design and maker of architectural and decorative glass
Verrier specialises in the design and making of architectural and decorative glass for domestic, and commercial settings. Leaded and kiln formed techniques are used to provide windows, wall hangings and decorative features.
ATLAS members maintain commitment to safety
The latest annual accident survey undertaken by the Association of Technical Lightning and Access Specialists (ATLAS) demonstrates the high health and safety standards of its members in the workplace.
Despite operating in a high risk sector where working at height is unavoidable, ATLAS members recorded no fatalities for the fifth consecutive year and only one major injury, ensuring that the fatal and major injury rates were both lower than the construction industry as a whole.
Essex Restoration Builders Reaches 125th Anniversary
E May and Sons are a family business established in 1889. Now run by the fourth generation of the family, they provide a range of building skills with an emphasis on friendly personal service, attention to customer needs and a willingness to tackle unusual projects. A small dedicated team has a total of over 130 years experience and are able to call upon the services of a group of trusted and reliable sub-contractors some of whom have worked with them for over thirty years.
Read more: Essex Restoration Builders Reaches 125th Anniversary
New installation lights the way for pilgrims
Lastingham in North Yorkshire has been a place of pilgrimage for centuries, its church having been founded by St Cedd of Lindisfarne as a monastery in AD 654. Following his death, 10 years later, he was buried beside the altar of the original church.
The founding of St Mary’s was described by the Venerable Bede and some of the decoratively carved Lastingham Stones date from the 8th century.
Stately homeowners go dotty over revolutionary anti-theft technology
A revolutionary invention - developed with the help of ballistics experts - to safeguard against metal thieves is being launched at a North Yorkshire stately home today.
Trace-in-Metal, which has been designed by a former West Yorkshire police detective, fires thousands of microdots into metal sheets “marking” them with a unique identifying code.
Read more: Stately homeowners go dotty over revolutionary anti-theft technology
New exhibition at the London Canal Museum from 10 October
Canals were a vital lifeline on the Western Front during the First World War, saving millions from starvation, carrying tens of thousands of wounded to safety and even taking injured war horses in the holds of barges for hospital treatment.
This untold story of human endeavour on a vast scale on the waterways of France and Belgium will unfold in a fascinating new exhibition opening at the London Canal Museum near King’s Cross on 10 October.
Read more: New exhibition at the London Canal Museum from 10 October
Specialist Bird Pest Control Services
All animals have their natural predators - even urban birds that have had no first-hand experience of predators still carry the genetic memory. The site of a bird of prey is enough to cause the pest to take flight, and when hawks/falcons are flown in a specific routine it will alter their roosting and nesting patterns.
East Riding Pest Control Ltd have a variety of birds of prey that they use to deter many pest birds from occupying an area. Their hawks and falcons are trained over a long period specifically for bird control.
Championing our heritage with modern craftsmanship
Twenty years ago, English Heritage (now Historic England) published its first-ever Register of Buildings at Risk across England, which featured nearly 2,000 buildings and monuments that were ‘neglected, broken and unloved’. Recently Historic England was delighted to announce that over two-thirds of those buildings were now safe, in both urban and rural areas right across the country.
While this outcome was largely due to the collaboration and expertise of a wide number of professionals, it was also in no small part thanks to the dedication of craftsmen and women who provided their expert skills and services. There is still much to do in the future – but this was a positive step forward by those who work to protect our heritage.
Read more: Championing our heritage with modern craftsmanship
Dernier & Hamlyn enlightens Art Deco splendour at Claridge’s
Claridge’s is recognised as the finest art deco hotel in London. Having started life as a magnificent private house, it was re established as a hotel and then purpose built on the current site in 1898. It quickly became a favourite of European royalty and heads of state.
Much of the art deco design and features added through the 1920s and 1930s remains in place and has been enhanced over the years.
Read more: Dernier & Hamlyn enlightens Art Deco splendour at Claridge’s
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