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THE BUILDING CONSERVATION DIRECTORY
The Twenty-first Edition of the Directory
Published December 2013
ISBN 978 1 900915 70 0
PUBLISHED BY
Cathedral Communications Limited,
High Street, Tisbury,
Wiltshire, England SP3 6HA
Tel 01747 871717
Fax 01747 871718
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MANAGING DIRECTOR
Gordon Sorensen
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Jonathan Taylor
MARKETING DIRECTOR
Elizabeth Coyle-Camp
DEPUTY EDITOR
David Boulting
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
Sara Collinson
ADMINISTRATION
Lydia Porter
ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT
Nicholas Rainsford
Carla Winchcombe
TYPESETTING & DESIGN
xendo
PRINTING
Optichrome
The many companies and specialist groups advertising in
The Building Conservation Directory have been invited to
participate on the basis of their established involvement in
thefieldofbuildingconservationandthesuitabilityofsome
oftheirproductsandservicesforhistoricbuildings.Someof
the participants also supply products and services to other
areasofthebuildingmarketwhichhavenoapplicationinthe
building conservation field. The inclusion of any company
or individual in this publication should not necessarily be
regarded as either a recommendation or an endorsement
by the publishers. Although every effort has been made to
ensure that information in this book is correct at the time
of printing, responsibility for errors or omissions cannot
be accepted by the publishers or any of the contributors.
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The Building Conservation Directory
The Building Conservation Directory
provides specifiers of works to historic buildings, their contents and
surroundings a starting point in the search for appropriate products and services and expert advice.
Approximately 1,000 different companies and organisations are represented in this edition.
The many technical editorial articles are written by leaders in this field and cover a wide range of
important issues. The articles are not intended to be comprehensive but rather to raise awareness and
stimulate dialogue amongst those involved with old buildings. Other reference information points the
way on current legislation, continuing education and sources for further information and advice.
HOW TO FIND WHAT YOU NEED
1
The table of contents on
together with the products and services index and the specialists
index at the back should help you find the product, service or supplier you are looking for.
Products/Services Selector tables, listing suppliers and their products and services head up each
main section.
2
Follow the index or Selector table page reference to the appropriate section or company and
start the specification process. It may be helpful to contact more than one supplier. And please
remember to tell each that you found them in
The Building Conservation Directory
.
3
If you still can’t find what or who you need, don’t despair. You can visit our industry leading
website at
or ring us on 01747 871717 and we’ll try to put you in
touch with a supplier who can help.
All suppliers in the Directory pay a fee to be included and although Cathedral Communications does
not formally approve or recommend them we do screen out inappropriate suppliers and products to
maintain the established integrity of the Directory. This ensures that it remains a useful and credible
forum in which appropriate suppliers can promote their businesses. Directory users should seek more
detailed information and advice from suppliers before undertaking any sensitive project.
We are always looking for ideas to improve the Directory so please write to let us know if you have any
suggestions for improvements to its content or presentation which will help you in your work with
old buildings. And don’t forget, our website at
is the primary Internet
gateway to the building conservation and restoration industry and offers loads of supplier and technical
information. And new for this edition, we’ve put the Directory in its entirety on the website as a flipping-
page digital book, one more way to access the useful information it contains. Please see
of this edition for more information on the website, or why not click in to have a look for yourself?
Acknowledgements
For their contributions to this 21st edition of the Directory we would particularly like to thank the author
of the foreword, Clem Cecil of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, our advertisers for their continuing support and
our dedicated production team. Special mention goes also to all those who have contributed articles,
illustrations or information, including:
Roz Artis-Young, Scottish Lime Centre Trust
Ian Baxter, University Campus Suffolk
Lucy Branch, Antique Bronze Ltd
Susie Brew
Alex Coode, Heritage Blacksmith Partnership
Matthew Coward, Cadw
Michael Davies, Davies Sutton Architects
Manus Deery, Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Edward Green
Brian Hall, Hall Conservation Ltd
Eric Heath, LUC
Paul Holden, the National Trust
Richard Ireland
Angus Lawrence, Taylor Pearce Ltd
Ian Lush, Architectural Heritage Fund
Anne Menary, Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Peter Messenger
Richard Morrice, English Heritage
Lisa Oestreicher
Sue Salton, Sue Salton Photography
Lee Searle, NTPL
Charles Strang, IHBC
Aysha Taylor
Gillian Tesh, Mike Wye & Associates Ltd
Paul Watts, Mike Wye & Associates Ltd
Sebastian West, LUC
Sean Wheatley
Amy Williamson, Archaeology South-East
Peter Wilson, Napier University
Luke Wormald, Historic Scotland
Maureen Young, Historic Scotland
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