Archive | Restoration & Repair of historic plaster mouldings

Bath House and Chapel in Private Estate

Sector: Private Architect: Craig Hamilton Architects Services • Lime sand plastering • Groined vaulted ceilings • Barrell vaulted ceilings • Coffered ceilings • Bespoke ceiling domes • Bespoke fibrous cornices and friezes The addition of a Bath House and Chapel to a Country House Estate in Gloucestershire completed a major project which gained recognition in […]

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The Assembly Rooms, York

Sector: Public Main Contractor: Simpsons of York Architect: Guy Bowyer, YCT Client: York Conservation Trust Services • Clean and survey the cornice • Remove ductwork plaster • Remove ceiling roses • Remove lath and plaster to cornice • Fit replacement laths and apply 3 coat haired lime plaster • Reproduce new ceiling roses to match […]

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Prestigious FIS Gold Award for Leeds company

The excellence of the work done by Ornate Interiors, who have operated from premises in Pudsey for over 20 years, has been recognised with the Gold Award for Heritage Plastering in this year’s Construction Industry’s Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) presentations. The judges considered 50 shortlisted projects across 12 categories. The Heritage Plastering Gold Award […]

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Oldham Town Hall

Sector: Public Main Contractor: Morgan Sindall plc Architect: BDP (Architects) Manchester Client: Oldham Council Services • Specialist plaster repairs to heritage features • Reproduction and installation of mouldings • Lime on hardwood lath ceilings • Lime plastering to masonry walls In 1841 building work started on the landmark Town Hall in Oldham, the North-Western town […]

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Sewerby Hall

Sector: Buildings of Historic Interest Main Contractor: William Birch,York Architect: East Riding of Yorkshire Council Services • Securing ceilings • Lime Plastering • Restoration of internal plaster mouldings • Restoration of external mouldings Sewerby Hall is a Grade I listed Georgian country house that dates from 1714. In 1936, in a ceremony led by aviator […]

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Apex Hotel, Edinburgh

Sector: Hotels Main Contractor: Bovis Architect: Ian Springford Architects Services • Lath and lime plaster • Restoration of ornate mouldings • Reproduction of ornate mouldings • External render The Apex Hotel is a listed Georgian property in the centre of Edinburgh. Ornate Interiors carried out repairs to the traditional lime plasterwork, mostly onto riven laths, […]

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Leeson Park

Sector: Residential Main Contractor: Merrion Contracting Architect: Coady Partnership Services • Restoration and replication of ornate plaster mouldings Leeson Park is among the smartest residential areas in Dublin. This particular property had been converted to a dozen bedsits, a change that destroyed its former Victorian grandeur. Much of the fine plasterwork that was such a […]

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Huddersfield Town Hall

Sector: Public Main Contractor: Strategic Team Group Architect: Aedas Services • Site Survey • Lime Plastering • Restoration of historic plaster mouldings Having commissioned in-depth Advisory Reports from Ornate Interiors for town halls in Batley, Dewsbury and Cleckheaton, Kirklees Council invited the company to help the chosen main contractors Strategic Team Group with the restoration […]

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Majestic Hotel, Harrogate

Sector: Hotels Main Contractor: Ramparts Interior Contracts Architect: Mi Design Services • Restoration of historic plaster mouldings • Manufacture and installation of Ornate Interiors’ standard mouldings   Ornate Interiors were on site at The Majestic Hotel for twelve months, carrying out the restoration of the historic ornate plasterwork.historic ornate plasterwork. Much of the work took […]

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