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Saint Dwynwen’s Church and the Patron Saint of Lovers
Saint Dwynwen’s Church, on Anglesey is a scheduled ancient monument.
Perhaps more interestingly and topically – Saint Dwynwen is the patron Saint of Lovers.
Who were the two furtive shadows holding hands amidst the romantic ruins on the occasion of Grosvenors site visit recently?
Perhap’s some ghosts of the past, or two royal lovers learning their lines [...]
2010- A Vintage Year
This time of year is always a good time to cast a glance backwards and review some of the amazing projects that we have been lucky enough to get involved with.
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All in all, the past 12 months have been our most successful yet.
The projects that we have been involved with have been diverse, challenging and [...]
Snowdonia 1890
You can probably imagine, that a construction company dedicated to the historic environment will come across many unusual ‘finds’, ‘happenings’, and ‘events’.
For example, we recently found an ornately carved timber, re-set as a purlin within the void of an ancient church. On another occasion, we hacked through the hundreds of years of growth entangling an [...]
Conservation and Sustainability
Grosvenor Construction has an Environmental Management System which monitors our impact upon the environment and enables the improvement of such an impact. Such a system when tied in with our conservation based approach adds a real dynamic to the protection and conservation of our environment.
Conserving and protecting a building doesn’t just enable its survival for [...]
Enhancing the Historic Environment
Grosvenor Construction has an impassioned approach to the historic environment and its conservation. We are driven by a philosophy which is underpinned by a real respect for the sanctity of Britain’s heritage. Many customers have spoken of our professional and enthusiastic outlook which has a palpable result in the quality of our workmanship.
Heritage Skills
Grosvenor Construction believes that the most important factor in any business is its people. Along with this comes a recognition that there are many hundred’s of years experience in traditional building skills retained within the Company as a whole.
Our services and knowledge attest to the general principles of building conservation and include:
non-destructive [...]
Grosvenor Video!
Being a company that ‘conserves the past’ does not mean that we are ‘behind the door’ when it comes to innovation and technology.
To this end Grosvenor have commissioned a video to give a brief insight to the wonderful world of conservation that we inhabit. Enjoy…..
Grosvenor Construction from Andy Marshall on Vimeo.
