Moving a 2000-year-old mosaic Dorest County Museum

Moving an historic, 2000-year-old, fragile mosaic is not for the faint hearted but when it stands in the way of the Dorset County Museum’s £14.9 million redevelopment programme – needs must! Originally discovered in 1903, the mosaic – a design which...

Conserving the unique Porphyry Bowl at Anglesey Abbey

Our Norfolk Workshop has completed works to the rare Egyptian Porphyry Bowl at National Trust’s Anglesey Abbey, near Cambridge.   Earlier this year Cliveden Conservation was appointed by the National Trust to carry out work to the Porphyry Bowl, the largest piece of...

Expert craftsmanship replicates the missing martial statues at Stowe

Our Norfolk Workshop, which specialises in statuary and casting, has successfully reproduced two of National Trust Stowe’s missing martial statues. The Gladiator and the Wrestlers statues have now been reinstated as part of Stowe’s ongoing programme to restore the...

Thomas Hardy altarpiece is returned to its original splendour

Conservation work to the altarpiece designed by the novelist Thomas Hardy, that was uncovered at All Saints Church in Windsor in 2016, has been carried out by Cliveden Conservation. The altarpiece, which is made up of different types of stone, required various...

Conserving one of the world’s most famous architect’s ceilings

One of the finest surviving Robert Adam ceilings has been restored by Cliveden Conservation at the National Trust’s Saltram House in Devon. This long-awaited project commenced as the result of an ongoing fundraising campaign to conserve the Neo-classical Saloon which...