Cliveden Conservation is carrying out work to four of Reading’s most treasured and historic monuments. The Queen Victoria Jubilee Statue by Reading Town Hall, the Jubilee Cross and the Zinzan Tomb in St Mary’s churchyard, and the Simeon Monument in Market Place are...
Reading Abbey Gateway Hugh Faringdon carved head received a prestigious national award last week at The Stone Federation of Great Britain’s Natural Stone Awards 2022. The carved head, which was added to the gateway in 2021 to mark the Abbey’s 900th anniversary, was...
Purcell’s conservation of the Grade I listed Chapter House at Oxford’s Christ Church Cathedral has won a prestigious Oxford Preservation Trust Award for building conservation. Working with Cliveden Conservation, the building has been carefully upgraded to improve...
Wells Cathedral West Front pilot study ‘Setting the tone for appraisal and repair strategies’ Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation Volume 11 Number 2 PDF kindly supplied by Henry Stewart Publications (original publisher) Berenice...
Cliveden Conservation is working alongside Messenger and The Morton Partnership to carry out restoration work to the medieval undercroft at Dunstable’s Grade II* listed Priory House, currently on the Historic England’s Heritage at Risk register. The undercroft at...
Lewis Proudfoot, of Cliveden Conservation, discusses the importance of Winter Covers in protecting marble sculpture and decorative stonework from wet and freezing (or adverse) weather conditions this winter. Winter is coming. The nights are drawing in and the seasons...
