Cheshire Restoration

The beautiful Gothic-style church of St Mary’s, Handforth contacted us as the pulpit had been moved leaving exposed two large untiled areas in the chancel.  The small but exquisite church was commissioned by Thomas Lomas, a Manchester commodity dealer, who moved…

One of our projects was featured in Cheshire Life magazine. The beautiful Minton floor in the chancel of St Wilfrid’s Church Davenham had been covered with carpet for many years. Sections of tiling were loose and damaged and generally the…

This floor is a particular favourite of ours!  The vast array of colours and unusual hexagonal encaustic tiles form a spectacular floor in this Liverpool villa.  There were a few damaged tiles to deal with but generally the floor was…

This project was another favourite of ours.  There were considerably more loose and damaged tiles across the whole floor than was originally anticipated.  This is often the case as tiles can be like dominos – when one goes then so…

At the end of 2014 we had the honour of restoring the tiled floor at the University of Chester Chapel. Celebrating the University’s 175th Anniversary, the Chapel was fully refurbished. In addition to the already exposed aisle tiling we were very…

A large section concrete where the old fire hearth sat (see above) was removed and mosaic tiles cut and laid to complete the pattern (see below). Other sections of damaged and loose tiles where repaired. The floor was then cleaned…

Although there was an exposed section of the tiled floor near the front door, the rest of the hallway had been carpeted over for many years to cover up 3 significant areas of damage and many loose and broken tiles.…

This beautiful Minton floor had been severely damaged over time and there was a large area of border tiles missing which had been infilled with concrete.  There were also missing tiles in the door thresholds and a centre section of the floor…

This badly damaged floor required some extensive repairs.  The new tiles stand out until the whole area is cleaned, (see right) when it all blends in and matches perfectly.  We had the black and buff encaustic tiles made to match…