The Grade II Listed Bridge Grade II listed Paythorne Bridge sits in the heart of the Ribble Valley. This 17th-century bridge carries a minor road and the Pennine Bridleway over the River Ribble, just south of the Lancashire village of Paythorne. The bridge is built in sandstone and consists of two segmental arches with two cutwaters on each side. […]
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Our Specialist Restoration Team under took this project in March 2013. The building was a Grade II Listed Building in Rossendale Lancashire. The building was to be used as a children’s home, it was previously a family home. We under took the Lime Pointing work & Stone Cleaning on the project. The first job was
On this project we had to lime plaster the kitchen area of this period cottage in Bolton Lancashire. We removed the existing gypsum based plaster of the solid walls, this gypsum plaster was not allowing the solid stone wall to breathe so a build up of moisture was present. Once the gypsum plaster was removed
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On this project our roofers repaired a stone slate roof in Barley, Lancashire. Barley is situated around the bottom of Pendle Hill close to Clitheroe, Gisburn, Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Barrowford, Whalley & Chatburn. The property is a 1750 stone built attached listed building. We erected an access scaffold above a ground floor garage & also
This small stone build cottage in Bolton Lancashire had a cement based render applied to the rear wall. A previous Builders in Bolton had tried to apply a Lime Render, this lime render had failed due to the incorrect batching of lime & using the wrong lime. We removed the existing Lime Render from the
This Period Farm House in Trawden, Lancashire had severe internal water ingress. The Farmhouse is built from a local sandstone, with Lime Mortar joints. The building as many others in Lancashire & Yorkshire had been pointed with a Cement based Mortar. This was not allowing the Building to Breathe. We use small air tools to
This project involved Lime Pointing the Gable & Rear elevations to this Period Farmhouse in Rimington, Near Clitheroe Lancashire. The farmhouse is built from a local Limestone, which is a very impervious material and does not allow the natural evaporation of moisture. The stone walls had previously been pointed with a cement based mortar. This
