We were asked to supply stone work to help restore this private Victorian house in London. The bulk of the work comprised of a large cornice running around the top of the building. We also supplied the balustrade above the bay windows, the single window head, chimney cappings, quoin stones and the copings on the front garden wall.

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Vincent Square, London.

In 2006 we were involved in providing a variety of stonework for this large project.  Our pre-cast stonework was to be integrated alongside natural Portland stone. The beauty of this job was that it allowed many different aspects of our work to be showcased.  We supplied everything from balustrades, paving and smaller items such as corbel brackets through to large balconies, columns and substantial gables.

High Street Kensington, London.

For this project we were required to produce an end extension comprising of 5 stories from corner to arched gable for this block of buildings in Kensington.  The original extension was visually out of place and was duly demolished allowing us to be contracted to match the original stones exactly and also remodel some of the old architecture to use for junctions and corners.  The timescale for this project was short, allowing us only 12 weeks to complete construction of stone. Through out this project standard industry testing was carried out daily to ensure the required crush cube testing results met the required 35 newtons, where as our samples tested easily covered this with an impressive 80 newtons.

Savoy Hotel, London.

In December 2007 the Savoy hotel closed its doors for the world’s most expensive renovation.  We were asked to supply 11 new brown terracotta windows including two dormers and to “soot wash” them so as to blend them into the original structure.  Soot wash is a weak black cement dye and water mix intended to ‘age’ the stones instantly. After completing the windows to form part of a new extension we were then employed to replace one of the new white terracotta windows to the side of the penthouse.  In addition to these works we also constructed new nosings and some complete balcony slabs to replace the ones that had rotted and failed.  Finally we replaced an entire length of string course mouldings that runs along Carting lane and meanders around 3 consecutive radiuses.   As with many others it has been a real pleasure to work on a project as prestigious as the Savoy and we are currently working on the Corinthia hotel (formerly the Metropole) on the corner of White hall place and Northhumberland Avenue, where we are currently supplying balustrade and soon, stone for the penthouse.