Category: Masonry Restoration & Conservation

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 [...]

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).