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Minerva Historic Private House Restoration

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Historic Private House Restoration. We are able to carry out repairs and restorations to historic residences. We can repair stonework, lead, and roofs and are able to project manage the entire job. Our team are careful, courteous and efficient in their attitude towards site work (and will never be found whistling from scaffolds). Minerva Conservation - 01225 862 386 - mail@minervaconservation.com.

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Minerva stonemasons, Bath, Salisbury, Dorchester, Marlborough, Bristol, Wells, London

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Our directors, Andrew Ziminski and Andrew Sharland, met in the early 1990s whilst attending the Postgraduate Stone Conservation course at Weymouth College, Dorset. Both went on to gain further experience working for Salisbury Cathedral Works Department. Subsequently, Andrew Ziminski was awarded a William Morris Craft Fellowship by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Work to restore the cascade and serpentine lake at Prior Park Landscape Garden in Bath for the National Trust. Extensive re...

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Minerva :: gilding, stonecarving, decorative plasterwork, limewashing, stone masons in Bath

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This weather cock form Marshfield church in Wiltshire was taken down repaired and regilded in our Frome workshops. To compliment to our sculptural and masonry areas of expertise we oftern undertake lettercutting in lime stone, Slate and more unusual local stones such as Blue Lias. Here Dieter is cutting letters in to a slab of Lias sourced from Ashen Cross quarry nr Somerton. More details - external link]. Clare Venables is our specialist in this area. She has worked as an ornamental sculptor since 1...

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Minerva workshop, lime conservation, lime casein based repairs; marble, sandstone and polychrome cleaning, monument repair and consolidation; decorative lime plaster cleaning, repair and consolidation.

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Our fully equipped stonemasonry (or Banker shop as it is known within the industry) and conservation workshop, based in Frome, Somerset, compliments our other in situ and site based works, with large floor space, cranage, and a range of analytical equipment. This means we are able to work on a wide variety of pieces, from small decorative sculptures to large public monuments. This last photo shows the stone in its new position in the Roman Baths museum in Bath, UK. She has subsequently worked on a wide v...

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Building restoration surveys

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Expert surveys to historic buildings. As well as report writing and providing condition surveys at ground level, Minerva has many years experience of employing rope access abseil techniques for both small scale conservation repairs and also assessments for condition surveys. We can photograph, assess and measure to any level of detail. Reports can be written for the preparation of schedules of work. We can also provide a rapid response to emergency work. We can prepare and provide:. Minerva Conservation ...

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Minerva Stone & Building Conservation :: Bath :: Somerset, bath stonemasons, stonecarving, stone cleaning, lime pointing, lime plastering, church monument conservation/restoration.

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Minerva, established twenty five years ago, is a small business engaged in the specialist repair and conservation of historic stone and plasterwork. Stonemasonry, stonecarving and conservation. All aspects of working in lime,. Lime plastering, lime pointing, mortar repairs. Cleaning of and pollutant removal from architectural stonework. Oil-gilding, painting and decorating. Here are some photos of our projects. Click on an image to see it in full size on our Flickr page.

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Untitled Document

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Minerva Conservation on Video. We will be putting links on this page as soon as they are available. From the BBC series Restoration a clip showing work on Luffincott Church, and Griff tries his hand at lime plastering. Andrew talks to him about the skills hortages in this industry. Minerva Conservation - 01225 862 386 - mail@minervaconservation.com.

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Minerva articles & press

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A Brief History of Lime. The use of Lime. Tales from The Riverbank. Churches Conservation Trust Annual Report. Survey of Russian churches. Minerva articles and press. The use and specification of lime is very important to the conservation of historic buildings. We have articles on our site outlining different aspects of this ancient material. We also have the following extracts from Cornerstone Magazine available to download as PDF files. AIdworth Church, Berkshire [download].

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Minerva monument Restoration

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We are able to carry out repairs and restorations to all types of monuments. We can repair stonework, lead, and roofs and are able to project manage the entire job for you. Minerva Conservation - 01225 862 386 - mail@minervaconservation.com.

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Clare Venables :: Fine Stuccoes, archtitectural sculpture and decorative design

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FINE STUCCOES, ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AND DECORATIVE DESIGN. Clare holds a Master’s degree in Architectural History (Courtauld Institute 2001), a diploma in conservation (1993) and a first degree in Fine Art (1988). Her draftsmanship is particularly strong following time as an archaeological illustrator (1988-1992) and forty years of drawing. To see an example of Clares work.