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Bringing Denbigh back to life
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Bringing Denbigh back to life

One of the wonderful things about being involved with Heritage Conservation is the variety of building’s that Grosvenor gets to work with.
Denbigh is a microcosm of our work.

Whilst we have a major project which involves conservation and new-build over at the medieval castle on the hill at Denbigh, further down nestled within the tight-knit curtilage [...]

Grosvenor Project Review
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Grosvenor Project Review

A window into our work - conserving the tracery of St Elphin's
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A window into our work – conserving the tracery of St Elphin’s

The grade II* listed Saint Elphin’s Church in Warrington his reputed to be the fifth highest parish church in the country. Dating from before Domesday, the church is now an organic mix of mainly C14th, C17th and C19th periods.
An extensive restoration took place in the latter half of the C19th which included the wonderful west [...]

Denbigh Castle
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Denbigh Castle

Denbigh Castle stands on a steep bluff overlooking the small town of Denbigh in North Wales for over 700 years.
The castle was a part of King Edward I’s ring of castles which were built to prevent the native Welsh from uprising.
The castle has survived attacks from Owain Glyndwr in 1400; the Earl of Pembroke in [...]

Faith in skills
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Faith in skills

Saint Giles Church in Wrexham is C15th Grade1 listed church which has within its grounds the gravestone of Elihu Yale, after whom Yale University, USA is named.
Grosvenor is currently involved in a large and complex scheme which involves the removal of the old vestry and the construction of a new Centre for Religious Education and [...]

Community Power
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Community Power

The year 1777 was a tumultuous year in terms historical significance. Over the pond, George  Washington’s men were fighting for Independence, and further afield, Captain Cook had discovered Christmas island.

On a more provincial level in the beautiful village of Llanarmon near Mold in North Wales, the lime mortar pointing was probably being completed to the [...]

Mickle Trafford Barns NOT converted
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Mickle Trafford Barns NOT converted

Grosvenor  played an important role in refreshing news over at a farm near the city of Chester.

Funded with a grant from Natural England and under the guiding hand of Donald Insalls, we refurbished a series of agricultural buildings with a view to – wait for it- re-using them as agricultural buildings!
No conversions here.
The series of [...]

Grosvenor helps conserve Morgan's Mount
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Grosvenor helps conserve Morgan’s Mount

Morgan’s Mount is a tower structure which is a part of Chester City Wall (designated a World Heritage Site).

Liturgical reordering - Alsager
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Liturgical reordering – Alsager

As well as our building conservation projects, Grosvenor also does a lot of reordering of churches to suite new liturgical practice. Our conservation background helps provide a sensitive and philosophical approach to such subjects based upon the conservation principles we work with day in and day out. St. Mary Magdalene is such a reordering which [...]

Grosvenor in the news...
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Grosvenor in the news…

Grosvenor are proud to be working on a wonderful school renovation in Llanarmon yn lal, Wales, which dates from 1777.
It has been a project which has seen the whole community raise funds to provide modern community facilities.
The project was recently visited by the local MP where Grosvenor’s traditional skills were on display.
The school project [...]