St Paul’s Church is in the village of Norden in the outskirts of Rochdale. The church is over 150 years old. The ethos of the Church is to build on and respect the traditions of the past while looking to the future. The main footpath leading in to the church grounds was a traditional cobbled […]
St Helen’s Church in Hemsworth, Wakefield is a Grade II listed Catholic Church. Hemsworth is on the outskirts of Wakefield and was a traditional coal mining town until the coal pits closed in the 1980s. In 2015, we were appointed by Wakefield Council to carry out retaining wall restoration and structural restraining, to the wall
The Anderton Boat Lift is a two caisson lift lock linking the Trent and Mersey Canal and the River Weaver. The boat lift was built in 1875. It was in use until 1983 when it was closed due to corrosion. Recent restoration work was carried out and the boat lift was re-opened in 2002. The
The Homes and Communities Agency had taken over the Edinburgh Castle, a former public house that had fallen into disrepair. We were contracted to make the building watertight and safe ready for a future conversion. The building dates from the 1850’s and is situated in Ancoats, an area dating back to the late 1700’s and
On this project the client asked us to repair & rebuild the Brick Infill Panels on the Listed Oak Frame Building in Cheshire. This Listed Building in Cheshire dates back to the 16 century and had an internal Scaffold erected to prevent the building from collapsing. This scaffold had been erected approximately 10 years prior to the
This project involved brick stitching movement cracks using traditional Lime Mortar. The house also had over 80 joist ties installed. We started work in June 2011 and completed in July 2011. The replacement bricks had to be sourced from a local reclamation yard to match the existing. One of the external cracks in the Brickwork
On this project we rebuilt a Listed Stone Wall in Rochdale, Manchester. The stone wall had leaned to one side by 130mm over the height. The lower internal section of the stone wall is built of random rubble, the other sections are course stone work. We used a Lime Mortar for Building & Pointing the
On this project in Burnley, Lancashire the client required us rebuild a stone wall. A car had struck the stone wall & demolished the lower section. One of the stone sills need replacing & stone work rebuilding. Our Stonemason carved new stone sill to replicate the original. Our builders used a standard sand & cement
