Founded by Elizabeth Hirst ACR IHBC FRSA to provide a holistic approach to the conservation of objects, buildings and associated surfaces
Lincolnshire & London, UK
Joined November 2009
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Fabulous project to have worked on - oh that ceiling 😍😍
Day 10 of our #HeritageFundAdvent, takes us to Rochdale, where the Town Hall has been beautifully restored. 🎉✨ Restoring 350 ceiling panels, repairing historic Minton tiles, & unveiling treasures like the Lancashire Rose and Scottish thistle. (1/2)
ALT Rochdale Town Hall Refurbishment.
ALT Construction workers painting the staircase.
ALT Stained glass window at Rochdale Town Hall.
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Just under a week left to book tickets to our #AnnualConference "On & Off the Wall". Ticket sales close on Sunday 17th March. Join us for a day of #paint related talks & evening social #traditionalpaint #historicdecoration #heritagepaint #paint #research
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay2024 to all the women out there in #conservation #architecture #archaeology #Construction We are proud to work alongside you. “The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up". Serena Williams
We’ll be talking about recent works to conserve Ninian Comper painted zinc panels #geddington #comper #victorian #paint #conservation #restoration
Counting down to our annual conference on 22nd March - have you booked tickets yet? Sales close on 17th March #conference #traditionalpaint #historicpaint #applieddecoration #paint #fanmaking #wallpaintings #conservation traditionalpaintforum.org.uk…
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand (B5) at #listedpropertyshow #londonolympia today. come & say hello 👋 if you’re visiting 2morro. #conservation #analysis #surveys #restoration #paintresearch #stone #plaster #applieddecoration #gilding #listedproperty #architecture
GALLERY: Inside Rochdale Town Hall’s £16m restoration placenorthwest.co.uk/gallery… via @PlaceNorthWest
Delighted to have been involved in this project over past few years. Isn't it magnificent 😍 Congratulations to all involved
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This Wednesday will be the last day to register for online attendance for the Colour Matters conference.
Please grab your tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/colour-ma…
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We're also delighted to share more details of our excellent programme! 👇
We've been busy in the lab & onsite recently so its week three of our conservation blog of progress at St Mary Magdalene #Geddington #Northampton #NinianComper #paint #stone #glass #churches #interiors #conservation
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A massive shout out to our newest team member Harry who #graduates 🎓🎓today from @UoLConservation Harry joined us last year on placement & we were delighted to offer him a position once he finished his studies #congratulations #graduation #conservation #Enjoy
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Can you help? We need someone to visit Staunton on Wye war memorial in #Hereford #Herefordshire to check its condition and take some photos. Do you live nearby and could you visit for us? The info can be added directly to War Memorials Online: warmemorialsonline.org.uk/me… Thank you!
Visiting the Conservation Graduate Exhibition tonight @UoLConservation Our student placement Harry discussed his treatment of Staffordshire dog - very impressive. Anyone in Lincoln over next 2 weeks - drop in! #conservation #Lincoln #HiddenHistory
Our #paintresearcher returned to #Leeds today to look at joinery finishes to the fabulous #TempleMill #MarshallsFlaxMill #Holbeck @Quadrigacltd
We are delighted to hear that St Denis' Church #EastHatley has received best #conservation #award @CFCICambridge @friendschurches #conservation #teamwork #cambridgeshire #churches #Butterfield
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Love it when paint samples remind you of something else such as geological formations. On the left a cross section from an 18th C London Town House, on the right sample of Fairburn Agate #paintresearch #layers #paintarchaeology
ALT image courtesy of https://the-earth-story.com/post/142464285107/fairburn-fortifications-the-state-gemstone-of
To mark #InternationalWomensDay a little montage of just some of the #amazinglytalented and hard working women we have had the pleasure of working alongside over the years. #teamwork #inspiration #proud #conservation #WomensDay #WomensDay2023
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Twitter! Can you help?
We have some oil lamps at a church in Monmouthshire that need refurbishment to get them working for a wedding. Does anyone know anyone who knows anything about mending 1890s oil lamps?
Maybe you do @lrbilson ??
Always a privilege to be represented on the info panels outside @ourtownhall @ManCityCouncil Here our conservators are seen assessing the #GreatHall #ceiling panels prior to #conservation works last year. #painting #surveys #Manchester #TownHall #restoration #teamwork
