Sun Inn, Saffron Walden, Essex
The pargetted lime plaster ornament on this famous building was repaired and consolidated using a combination of traditional and modern techniques; inappropriate recent repairs were removed and detail was recovered from beneath years of overpaint.
Plasterwork
We have extensive experience of conserving and repairing decorative plasterwork, particularly ornamental features such as overmantles and Royal Arms. These delicate structures are usually carried on a timber support, and work may include strengthening or replacing this, as well as stabilising fine surface detail and removing inappropriate modern coverings.
We have worked on a number of important Royal Arms in the south west of England, which was a centre of the art in the 16th and 17th centuries. Each had different structural and cosmetic problems and for each, a bespoke solution was needed: