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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Sector: Residential Services • Lath and lime plaster In 1851 the leading industrialist Sir Titus Salt built not only a large textile mill but a complete model-village by the River Aire and the Leeds-Liverpool canal. Named after him, Saltaire came to be recognised as a major development in the history of 19th century urban planning […]
Sector: Ecclesiastical Main Contractor: William Anelay Limited Architect: Austin Smith Lord Services • Lath & Lime plastering • Reproduction of plaster mouldings Gorton Monastery was founded on a four-acre site in East Manchester, acquired in the 1860s by Franciscan monks for £2,200. Built between 1863 and 1867, the friary was designed by Edward Welby Pugin, […]
