This former hunting lodge had been converted into a house. A new mezzanine had been constructed as a living area, so you find yourself up in the decorative plaster scheme. There had been severe water ingress from a leaking parapet roof, which had caused large sections of the plaster cove and ornamental frieze to fall. Luckily most of the pieces of frieze were saved and could be put back in place. We started with a new lime ceiling to replace the original that had fallen at some point in the past. On this we ran a new lime cornice in-situ, that had been designed to take an enriched scheme of egg and dart. This pattern was modelled around a fragment found by the client in one of the stud walls. Repairs were then done to the large cove with new timber work, oak laths and lime plaster. There was a lot of modern gloss paint, which had to be removed from the frieze and the walls of the building. Once this was all clean, repairs started and the frieze was put back together on the wall.
We finished with limewash to match old colour fragments on the walls.

 This job was completed under the supervision of Richard Marsh Conservation.