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.
Protect sculpture and decorative stonework with winter covers
News
Journal of Building Survey features Wells Cathedral pilot study
Wells Cathedral West Front pilot study: Setting the tone for appraisal and repair strategies Read more
Restoring the rare medieval undercroft at Dunstable’s Priory House
Cliveden Conservation is working alongside Messenger and The Morton Partnership to carry out restoration work to the medieval ... Read more
Five reasons why Winter Covers protect statues
How do you protect outdoor sculpture? Our specialist Winter Covers are the best solution to protect garden statues from cracks, ... Read more
Conservation team builds with new stone mason
Fully qualified stonemason, Samantha Peacock, is our newest member of the conservation team. She joins the Bath Workshop working on ... Read more
Sponsors of the Women in Natural Stone event
We are proud to announce our sponsorship of the Stone Federation’s first Women in Natural Stone (WINS) networking event on 15th June 2022. Read more
Lime mortar training
The Vice Chairman of The Friends of Ketts Heights said we provided an excellent introduction both the technical aspects of lime ... Read more