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P r o d u c t s & S e r v i c e s

BCD Special Report on

Historic Churches

17th annual edition

Textiles

MAY BERKOUWER TEXTILE

CONSERVATION

Stour Valley Business Centre,

Brundon Lane, Sudbury,

Sufolk CO10 7GB

Tel 01787 370840

Email info@mbtexcon.co.uk

www.mbtexcon.co.uk

A large, well-equipped studio ofering

a comprehensive conservation

service for textiles including altar

frontals, vestments, banners,

embroideries and tapestries. Services

include: cleaning and support

treatment, on-site work, surveys,

storage, condition monitoring, insect

pest and environmental advice.

Clients include the Churches

Conservation Trust, National Trust,

English Heritage and private clients.

May Berkouwer is an Accredited

Conservator Restorer within ICON

PACR. Shown above: detail of Super

Frontal, Skelton-cum-Newby.

WATTS & CO LTD

7 Tufton Street, Westminster,

London SW1P 3QE

Tel 020 7222 7169

Fax 020 7233 1130

Email enquiries@wattsandco.com

www.wattsandco.com

Watts ofers a famous collection of

historic 19th and 20th century

architect-designed textiles. Available

in silk, wool and cotton, in authentic

colours. Tese textiles are invaluable

in the recreation of period interiors

of churches and buildings of the past

200 years.

Timber Frame Builders

McCURDY & CO

Manor Farm, Stanford Dingley,

Reading, Berkshire RG7 6LS

Tel 0118 974 4866

Email info@mccurdyco.com

www.mccurdyco.com

For 30 years McCurdy & Co has

specialised in conserving historic

timber structures and producing the

fnest new oak buildings. Church

work includes St David’s Cathedral,

Dorchester Abbey, the English

Heritage Award for conservation of a

lych gate. Te company also ofers

consultancy, building analysis,

surveys, design, construction and

craftsmanship.

Wall Painting

Conservators

CLIVEDEN CONSERVATION

WORKSHOP LTD

South East, Head ofce – Te Tennis

Courts, Cliveden Estate, Taplow,

Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 0JA

Tel 01628 604721 Fax 01628 660379

• West, Bath ofce – Home Farm,

Ammerdown Estate, Kilmersdon,

Bath, Somerset BA3 5SN

Tel 01761 420300 Fax 01761 420400

Email info@clivedenconservation.com

• East and North, Houghton ofce

– Te Old Coach House, Houghton,

Norfolk PE31 6TY

Tel 01485 528970 Fax 01485 529336

Email enq.houghton@

clivedenconservation.com

www.clivedenconservation.com

Stone and plasterwork, monuments,

sculpture, mosaic and wall paintings

conservation. See advertisement on

page 26, and profle entry in Stone

section, page 49.

Window Protection

GOWAR GRILLES LTD

32–34 Rheidol Mews, Rheidol Terrace,

Islington, London N1 8NU

Tel 020 7226 3644 Fax 020 7226 2969

Email carl@gowargrilles.co.uk

www.gowargrilles.co.uk

Established in 1882, Gowar Grilles is

a family company of traditional

wireworkers and weavers.

Manufacturers of shaped stainless

steel, phosphor bronze and

galvanised mesh grilles protecting

church windows. Also preventing the

ingress of pigeons from belfries, as

seen at Hampton Court Palace.

Installing in London and the South

East. Manufacturer from templates

nationwide.

Wood Carvers

AGRELL ARCHITECTURAL

CARVING LTD

5 Oaklands, Te Street, Mersham,

Kent TN25 6NE

Tel 01233 500252 Fax 01233 502656

Email kate@agrellcarving.co.uk

www.agrellcarving.co.uk

Agrell Architectural Carving is a

large capacity workshop providing

architectural design services and high

quality hand carving in wood for

religious, residential and commercial

projects. Te company was founded

in 1978 by Ian Agrell (Te

Association of Master Carvers,

Member of the Board of Te Institute

of Classical Architecture – Northern

California). With ofces in the USA

and UK and a capacity of 40,000

hours of hand carving a year, Agrell

Architectural Carving proudly stands

by its reputation to satisfy clients by

producing quality, volume and

delivery regardless of project size or

location.

Everything Else

THE BUILDING CONSERVATION

DIRECTORY

A rich range of colours to

suit most requirements.

Standard and bespoke

specials made to order.

Unparalleled Expertise in

glazed bricks.

Red rubbing bricks for

gauged work.

Knapped flint for

decorative work.

Variety of paving bricks.

H.G. Matthews

– The Brick Works, Bellingdon, Chesham, Bucks HP5 2UR

Tel: 01494 758212 Fax: 01494 758077

e-mail: info@hgmatthews.com www.hgmatthews.com

A family-owned and run

brickworks since it was

established in 1923, H.G.

Matthews specialises in the

manufacture of handmade

bricks. It remains one of

the very few repositories

for the whole spectrum of

traditional skills used for

heritage brickwork.

OULDING

THE

UTURE

FROM THE

AST

Photo courtesy of Symm & Co.

Demonstration of a wood-fired clamp at Matthews Open Day 2010

Architect: Robert Franklin RIBA

Visits to our brickyard are welcomed

The

Building

Conservation