The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester is dedicated to showcasing developments from the Industrial Revolution to the present day. The Museum is situated on the site of the oldest surviving passenger railway station and the original terminus of the world’s first intercity railway. The complex is made up of 5 listed building, 2 […]
The Leigh Spinners Mills is Grade II* listed and is one of the finest mill buildings in the country. It is an intact double mill complete with engine houses, mill lodge and chimney. The East block was built in 1913 and the West block was built in 1923. At peak production the mill contained over
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
A complex of former cotton mills called Murrays’ Mills lies in the Ancoats area of Manchester. The Murray brothers migrated from Scotland and firstly established themselves as manufacturers of machinery and then established themselves in the cotton-spinning industry. The Old Mill is the world’s oldest surviving urban steam-powered cotton spinning factory. Construction of the mill
On this project in Rochdale, Manchester our team of Specialist Lime Plasterers were required to apply a 3 coat lime plaster to classrooms suffering from damp & water ingress. We were sub-contracting for a Manchester based building company, Tomax Building Contractors. The contract was carried out in the school summer holidays in 2012. Our Restoration
This property in Stockport had Dry Rot in the ground floor timber joist. The Dry-rot has started from within an area that was not on wooden floor joist. The project involved replacing the floor joist infected with dry rot, excavate the spoil for a 3m x 2m area, and apply dry rot treatment to the
