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Royal Albert Hall - most prestigious terracotta new build for years

As one of the country's finest and most loved Grade 1 listed buildings, Shaws of Darwen were chosen to be the only company with the experience, expertise and capacity to carry out what must be the largest and most prestigious terracotta new build project for many years.

The brief was to recreate a new south porch which would replicate the existing terracotta to the very highest of standards.

English Heritage at The Engine House – Selectaglaze awarded return ticket

selectaglaze 1 In 1840, Daniel Gooch, the young locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway (GWR) wrote to Isambard Kingdom Brunel recommending Swindon as the location for a much-needed engine works. His letter stated that the then tiny hilltop town had ‘the great advantage of being on the side of a canal communicating with the whole of England, by which we could get coal and coke’. Just four years later, the GWR Central Engine Station was a reality.

Welsh church installs JBL sound system

A ‘condemned’ Victorian Grade II-listed church in Wales has been saved from destruction, renovated, and installed with a JBL sound system. The Diocese of St Asaph, serving the Anglican churches in north-east Wales, had been looking to close Holy Trinity Church in Holywell, Flintshire. However, newly appointed Rev Canon John Lomas was confident the church still had an important role to fill within the community, and so it received a stay of execution leading to a complete quarter of a million pound refurbishment project.
The 200-seat church, with its vaulted roof, was originally built in 1871 to a design by Ewan Christian and extended in 1910.

“We have fitted out around 40 churches in this diocese; mostly using loudspeakers from the JBL range and recently the CBT50LA model. When the church was inviting sound system designs, the rector contacted us,” said Richard Hughes of Richard King Systems of Oswestry, Wales. “It’s an area in which we specialise.”

£1.4m Lottery Funding for Gwynedd’s Culture and Heritage

The oldest intact Bishop’s Palace in Wales is to be revived and opened as a new art gallery and museum thanks to a £1.4m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The funding awarded to Gwynedd Council in partnership with Bangor University will assist the creation of a new ‘culture quarter’ in Bangor, with the city’s Bishop’s Palace at its heart.

Third training restaurant for The Clink Charity to be built at HMP Brixton

Plans to open a third Clink training restaurant have been approved for HMP Brixton. The proposals put forward by architects Purcell will transform the Old Governors House within the prison grounds into a three-storey restaurant and meetings venue.

The three-storey building will be converted into a 100 seat restaurant and rooms for business meetings and working lunches. The restaurant accommodation is located on the ground floor and will be served by the professional kitchen that exists in the adjacent building. The two upper floors will comprise ancillary meeting spaces.
Built in the early 19th century, the Old Governors House is one of the oldest buildings at HMP Brixton prison. The grade II listed brick building has an unusual octagonal form that once provided 360o views of the 19th century airing yards. At ground floor level the octagonal form is offset from the upper levels to create an octagonal ‘skirt’ or ‘pentice’. More recently the building has been used primarily as administration offices.

Anglesey’s heritage is in safe hands

Ecclesiastical & Heritage World Menter Mon Heritage and Regeneration Menter Mon is the body that promotes the unique heritage of Anglesey – or Ynys Mon – as an underutilised resource. It operates out of the Grade Two-listed former Town Hall in Llangefni, now a Social Enterprise Centre, which was officially opened in February following an extensive restoration programme led by Menter Mon.

Clear advantages at Arkoni Arcade job

West Yorkshire metalworking firm Arkoni has put a fire-rated finishing touch to one of the most iconic and unique Victorian shopping malls in the UK.

The impressive Grade II listed Silver Arcade, situated on Silver Street in the heart of Leicester, was built in 1889 by architect Amos Hall and is the only four storey Victorian arcade of its type in Britain.

Princes of Gwynedd crowned first strand of pan-Wales interpretation

Visitors to Snowdonia will now be able to follow in the footsteps of the princes of Gwynedd for the first time, thanks to a new heritage tourism scheme launched today (14 October 2013) at Dinas Emrys, the mythological home of the Welsh Dragon.

Stewart & Hutchinson Restore 16th Century Welsh Chapel Window

Stained glass and leadlight specialist Stewart & Hutchinson has restored a historic piece of artwork to its former glory.

The company painstakingly restored four irreplaceable stained glass windows at St Cardoc’s Church in Glynneath after two of the window lancets were identified as requiring urgent attention.

The work has helped to revitalise an important area of the church.

New technology shows its mettle with latest Scrap Metal Dealer Act

Tackling the pressing problem of metal theft made a step change on 1st October when the newly overhauled Scrap Metal Dealers Act came into force. The loss of lead, in particular, frequently costs insurers many times more than the face value of the metal because of damage incurred to buildings.

However, one of the problems is that insurers have long been reluctant to foot the bill for the damage caused by lead theft which, according to the Association of British Insurers, runs to over £1 million a week, with owners of buildings having to find the additional cost. Yorkshire-based company, Trace-in-Metal, employs its cutting edge technology to further underpin the deterrent effect of the legislation.

Forward looking restoration contractors saving time and money with Redsky IT solutions

Armitage Construction did not see itself as a particularly IT orientated business so it is surprising to see that all of its employees including those who are normally site-based, have access to a terminal in the head office where they can use Summit 1000.

Northcot brick features in pioneering art installation

Bricks from UK independent manufacturer Northcot Brick are being used as the centrepiece in the exhibition by award winning Argentinian artist Adrián Villar Rojas at the new Serpentine Sackler Gallery in Kensington Gardens, London.

The exhibition, “Today We Reboot The Planet”, which runs from September 28th to November 10th 2013, is the first of a number of cultural events taking place as part of the opening of the newly restored and expanded Art Gallery.

Darlington specialists ensure buildings are in safe hands

A County Durham high level and historic repair and maintenance company has seen a major increase in demand for its safety-related services

Darlington-based Stone Technical Services’ are specialists in the installation of safety systems, fall arrest equipment and access walkways, working throughout the UK offering unrivalled levels of protection to people working at height.

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