Over 30 years of award-winning heritage conservation and consultancy…
Cliveden Conservation exists to conserve our heritage by fostering sustainable relationships that value buildings, objects and the people who use them.
We provide expert advice and practical conservation treatment of stone and brickwork, plasterwork and the decorative arts including statues, mosaics and wall paintings.
Our workshops in Berkshire, Somerset and Norfolk offer best practice advice based on research and analysis to provide exceptional practical solutions.
Choose Cliveden Conservation and you will be working with some of the UK’s finest conservators, leaders and influencers in the heritage sector.
Stonemasonry
We clean, repair and reinstate stonework using ‘like for like’ materials and traditional skills. Our award-winning stone carvers undertake commissions to replace missing elements and handcraft new architectural stonework and lettering. We also manage the logistics of moving, storing and relocating statuary collections and monuments.
Plaster
We stabilise and repair decorative plasterwork including ceilings, friezes, cast sculpture and decorative objects. Our accomplished craftspeople replicate historic detailing and carry out exceptional freehand modelling. We undertake mortar analysis, carry out trials and cover every aspect of both fibrous and lime based conservation and restoration.
Decorative Arts
Our highly skilled team, led by ICON-accredited conservators, carry out the repair and conservation of stone, terracotta , monuments, mosaics, sculpture, gilding and decorative surfaces and polychrome. We provide ongoing care and maintenance of house collections and garden sculpture.
Advisory services and material analysis
We investigate the structural stability of buildings and objects to identify areas of decay and failure. Using our in-house laboratory facilities and trusted partners we further examine materials and carry out analysis. Our comprehensive Condition Reports record findings and detail the required conservation treatment.
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News
Work begins at Baconsthorpe Castle
Conservation of Baconsthorpe Castle will enable the much-loved local Norfolk site to be re-opened to the public. Read more
Guide to maintaining sculpture and decorative stonework
A considered sculpture restoration and conservation strategy is vital for protecting our garden statuary. Read more
Cliveden Conservation features in the second series of the Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
Our conservators can be seen in action as they clean the historic obelisk and repoint open or weathered joints using lime mortar. Read more
Conservation expertise required for the ‘Our Cultural Heart’ project
Conservation of Fritz Steller pieces of art and other heritage building material as part of the redevelopment of the Grade II Listed ... Read more
Restoring Pugin Project – The Chapel of Our Lady
Our Decorative Arts Section Project Manager, Nicola Collins, shares some interesting and exciting discoveries made within the Lady ... Read more
Local heritage expert heads up Cliveden Conservation’s Norfolk branch
Mirella McGee brings five years’ experience within the heritage sector and the successful management of two half a million-pound projects. Read more