Case Studies
Stonemasonry – Gateposts, Roundhay, Leeds
We've recently been working here, at this period home, in Roundhay. The gateposts in their original position were too close together. Our client asked that we move the pillars further apart and also raised them by supplying an additional plinth. With...
Lime Mortar Pointing, Farm near Ripon
Over the years we have formed many long term relationships with our clients. Here is a farm building which forms part of an extensive estate near Ripon, North Yorkshire. We've worked on many of their farmhouses and outbuildings over the past few...
Period Home, Stone Repairs- Sherburn-in-Elmet, West Yorkshire
Recently we had the pleasure of working on this period home near Sherburn-in-Elmet. Prior to commencing work, and when submitting the quotation, we provided the client with a clear marked-up photograph of the areas to be repaired. Our skilled stone...
Repointing and Brick Repairs, Howden, East Yorkshire
We are currently working here in Howden on this period home, carrying out a variety of restoration works to its facade. The facade has been repointed with a lime mortar mix. Over time some of the brickwork has become eroded and was in need of either...
Hinsley Hall, Headingley, Leeds
Hinsley Hall, in Headingley, Leeds, was originally a Wesleyan College and opened back in 1867. Today it is a Catholic Diocesan Pastoral Centre and Hotel. We've worked for the Catholic Diocese of Leeds on several of their other properties in West Yorkshire. Here...
Facade Cleaning, Leeds, West Yorkshire
We've cleaned, over our 50 + years in the restoration and cleaning business, many of the buildings in Leeds' City Centre. This weekend we were here on Park Row cleaning the facade and stairwell of Kenneth Hodgson House. The works were carried...
Stonemasonry, Fairfield Mills, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
We recently revisited Fairfield Mills, in Huddersfield, where we have worked before. It's always good to be invited back to carry out additional works. Fairfield Mills is a former Yorkshire textile mill, now used as modern office and event...
Facade Cleaning, Adel Leeds, West Yorkshire
We work across Yorkshire, restoring the facades of both residential and commercial properties. Here is a period home in West Yorkshire where we recently carried out chemical cleaning. The facade was cleaned with chemicals, giving a gentle clean that...
Chemical Cleaning, Pointing & Masonry, Farsley, West Yorkshire
We work across Yorkshire, restoring the facades of both residential and commercial properties. Here is a period home in West Yorkshire where we carried out a range of our services. The facade was cleaned with chemicals, giving a gentle clean that...
Graffiti Removal, Centenary Square, Bradford
Unwanted graffiti is, sadly, very common in our towns and cities. We offer a graffiti removal service to clean your city centre buildings of this unwanted graffiti. Chemicals were used here to clean the surface of the stonework and pillars shown here, with good...
St Augustine’s Church, Harehills, Leeds
We recently carried out restoration works to these brick buttresses at a church in Harehills, Leeds. We've carried out over the years various works for the dioceses, in around Leeds. The brickwork to the buttresses had become damaged, or eroded. Our masons...
Chimney Restoration, Chapel Allerton, Leeds
The stonework to the chimneys, at these period properties in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, had become badly eroded over time and were in need of replacement. Our masons dismantled the eroded, and unstable, stonework and rebuilt the chimney stacks inserting newly...