Clients

Our portfolio and client base is extensive. This list is by no means exhaustive but serves to highlight some of our projects and clients, emphasising the diverse expertise provided by Hirst Conservation, and our holistic approach to the practice. If you wish to discuss any aspect of a project, where you think our skills may be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Our clients include:

List of selected projects sorted by discipline:

Paintings:

• St Mary the Virgin Church, Studley Royal- Conservation of marouflaged canvas paintings.

• Retford Town Hall - Easel painting conservation

• Castle Howard, North Yorkshire - Conservation of 18th century painting (fresco secco) by Pelligrini.

• Cusworth Hall, Doncaster - Conservation of marouflaged canvas paintings to ceiling

• Llandaff Court, Cardiff - Conservation of 19th century marouflaged canvas paintings. New paintings on canvas produced for areas of missing design.
   

Decorative surfaces/interiors:

• St George’s Chapel, Windsor – Oliver King and Urswick Chantries. Conservation of panel paintings on timber of royal personages and wallpaintings. Restoration of painted sundial.

• Uppark House, West Sussex (National Trust) - Redecoration & conservation of the Saloon & Dining Room following extensive fire damage.

• Keble College Great Hall, Oxford – Conservation of the 19th century painted ceiling by William Butterfield.

• Ely Cathedral - Conservation of painted nave ceiling. Conservation of Prior Crawden’s chapel.

• Clifton Hall, Nottingham - Conservation of 11th century painted timber panelling.

• Knebworth House, Hertforshire - Conservation of painted ceiling and plastered decoration to State Drawing Room.

• All Saints Church, Leek, - Conservation of 19th century painted chancel.

• St Alban’s Church, Macclesfield - Condition survey, investigation, research and conservation of the 19th century interior polychrome.
   

Stone:

• York Minster – Conservation of monuments

• Windsor Castle - Conservation of fire damaged stonework.

• Stable Block, Windsor Castle– Stone repairs

• Wembley National Stadium - Removal and conservation of sporting historic, sporting artefacts, including the Olympic tablets and 1966 World Cup plaque

• Hampton Court Palace, London - Specialist building repair to include brickwork conservation and replacement, stone conservation, grouting and consultancy.

• Bishop’s Gatehouse, Ely, - Conservation of statutory and cleaning with JOS system.

• Trinity Bridge, Crowland - Conservation of medieval town bridge

• Temple Newsam House, Leeds - Conservation of ornate stonework

• Greyfriars Tower, King’s Lynn, - Founded 1230-5. Stone cleaning to reveal condition for survey.

• No 1 Poultry, London - Terracotta conservation

• Usher Gallery, Lincoln – Marble statues cleaned for loan to Tate Britain

Cleaning of Building Surfaces (Interior and Exterior)

• St Michael and All Angels Church, Newburn – Cleaning, repair and conservation of entire interior including fittings following a fire.

• Peterborough Cathedral – Removal of graffiti from external stonework

• The Grotto, Stowe School – Surface cleaning of internal and external finishes, including various mineral dressings/ornamentation

• St Ambrose Church, Bournemouth – Cleaning of fire damaged interior

• Bishop’s Gatehouse, Norwich – Cleaning of façade

• Uppark House (National Trust) - Consultant for interior decoration and supply of bespoke pre-aged lead paint.

• Windsor Castle - Conservation of fire damaged stonework and other works.

• St Pancras Chambers, London – Conservation of fire damaged stonework

• St Clements Church, Ipswich - Complete restoration of fire damaged church.

• All Saints, Newburn – Complete restoration of fire damaged church

• St Ambrose, Bournemouth - Complete restoration of fire damaged church

Metals:

• George IV Monument, Trafalgar Square, London - Conservation of equestrian bronze statue.

• George III Monument, Cockspur Street, London - Conservation of equestrian bronze statue on Portland stone pedestal.

• Wembley National Stadium - Removal and Conservation of sporting historic artefacts, including Olympic tablets and 1966 World Cup Plaque

• Queen Victoria Statue, Wakefield – Relocation and treatment of sculpture

Lime Plastering and Stuccowork:

• Cusworth Hall, Doncaster – Lime plastering to the interior (on lath, reed and masonry), exterior rendering to the courtyard and Brew House, and decorative and fibrous plasterwork in the Paines Chapel.

• Assembly House, Norwich – Reinstatement of decorative plaster reinstatement after fire throughout Assembly room (1754). Use of new material and salvaged.

• Chepstow Castle, Chepstow - Conservation of 11th Century decorative plasterwork.

• St Pancras Chambers, London – Survey of historic plasterwork

• Waterloo House, Leeds - Former Assembly House (1777). Conservation of original plaster ceilings and reinstatement of missing columns.

• House of Lords, London - Conservation of plaster plaques

Gilding:

• Clock Tower, Cardiff Castle – Gilding of windows, statuary, heraldry, clocks, and other architectural features.

• Old Hall, Queens’ College, Cambridge – Conservation and restoration of 19th century painted interior by G F Bodley

• St Alban’s Church, Macclesfield- Reconstruction of 19th century interior polychrome scheme

• Cusworth Hall, Doncaster – Restoration of altar table from Paines Chapel
   

Historic Paint Research projects:

• Cardiff Castle – Research into the William Burges interior of Cardiff Castle and the exterior of the clock tower.

• Royal Society of Arts, London – Investigation of the Adam’s ceilings to the Library, Shipley Room and Reading Room.

• Cusworth Hall, Doncaster – Investigation into the decorative surfaces of the 18th century country house, Cusworth Hall.

• Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge – Investigation of 19th century exterior gates and railings

• Wrest Park, Bedfordshire (English Heritage) – Investigation of the 19th century, exterior metalwork

• Audley End, Essex – Investigation of the original finishes to the interior and exterior of the service wing

• Wollaton Hall – Paint research and conservation of the Prospect Room a surviving Wyatville interior

• Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland - Historic paint research

• London, Brixton Academy - Historic paint research.
   

Consultancy Surveys:

• Stowe School, Buckingham - Consultancy and quality assurance for re-rendering of building. Specifications and surveys for stabilisation of interior dome.

• Cardiff Castle - Research, investigations, condition surveys and consultancy for the conservation of 19th Century painted decoration by William Burges.

• Peterborough Cathedral - Survey of 12/13th Century painted wooden nave ceiling.

• St Pancras Chambers, London – Survey of plasterworks

• Uppark House, West Sussex (National Trust) - Consultant for interior decoration and supply of bespoke pre-aged lead paint.

• Durham Cathedral - Condition survey of medieval wall painting in The Galilee Chapel.

• Houghton on the Hill - Investigation and survey which revealed an important scheme of wall paintings c1190.

• Villa Saraceno, Venezia, Italy - Consultancy, condition surveys and investigations to the interior and exterior of the Palladian villa

• London, The Cabinet Office - Protection of archaeological excavation.