PROJECT OVERVIEW Client: PCC Of All Saints Church, Moulton Location: Moulton, Lincolnshire Architect: Marshall Sisson Architect, Huntingdon Contractor: CEL Value: £540,000 Programme: 9 Months Materials: Sixty tons of sandcast lead sheet; three tons of stone and 30 cubic metres of oak. When an act of God – a tornado – struck in August […]
PROJECT OVERVIEW Client: British Government Location: Stormont Castle, Belfast, N Ireland Contractor: Henry Brothers Value: £675,000 Programme: 2 years 4 Months Materials: Sandcast Lead, Stainless Steel When Stormont Castle, the powerhouse of Irish reform, needed a new lease of life for the next 100 years, The CEL Group was called in for […]
PROJECT OVERVIEW Location: Ickworth House, Suffolk Materials: Five tons of sandcast lead sheet. Description: Refurbishing the oval skylight and timber substructure of the 150 foot high dome, then laying lead around skylight as tapered bays. The CEL Group solved the problem of getting 5 tons of lead sheet onto […]
PROJECT OVERVIEW Client: Donald Insall Associates/Cambridge City Council Location: Barnwell Priory, Cambridge Architect: Mark Wilkinson of Donald Insall Associates Value: £35,000 Programme: 8 Weeks Materials: Masonry, Heli Bar system Working under the auspices of Mark Wilkinson of Donald Insall Associates, The CEL Group’s brief was to undertake the conservation and consolidation of […]
PROJECT OVERVIEW Client: Liverpool City Council Location: St. George’s Hall, Liverpool Architect: Purcell Miller Tritton Contractor: Mowlem Value: £1 Million Programme: 18 Month Materials: 300 tons of sandcast lead up to 5.5mm thick and 5 metres long During the refurbishment of this magnificent neo-classical building, The CEL Group took the original lead to […]
PROJECT OVERVIEW Location: Clare College, Cambridge Architect: Purcell Miller Tritton, Cambridge Value: £90,000 Programme: 7 Weeks Materials: Collyweston slate, sandcast lead, timber. Working within the constraints of this famous college’s academic programme and access restrictions, The CEL Group successfully laid the foundations of a major internal refurbishment. This first stage of […]
PROJECT OVERVIEW Client: English Heritage Location: Oundle, Northamptonshire Architect: Rodney Melville and Partners Contractor: E Bowmans Value: £400,000 Programme: 40 Weeks Materials: Sand Cast Lead Sheet After many years of neglect this country mansion has had its first phase of restoration. Being part of the team to help save the oldest Jacobein House […]
PROJECT OVERVIEW Client: Diocese of St. Albans Location: Willian, Hertfordshire Architect: Alan Greening Architect, Southwold Contractor: CEL Ltd Value: £160,000 Programme: 9 Month Materials: Stonework, Timber, Slate The brief required the re-slating of the nave and chancel roofs and timber repairs to the front structure of the church. Insufficient strength in the retaining […]
PROJECT OVERVIEW Client: Church Commissioner of England Location: Lambeth Palace Road, London Architect: Richard Griffiths Architect, London Value: £375,000 Programme: 26 Weeks Materials: Masonry and Stonework repairs The lead covered roof to Cranmer’s Tower needed replacing due to the inevitable failure of the existing material. Rebuilding decorative brickwork is never easy let […]
PROJECT OVERVIEW Client: Brooksby PCC Location: Brooksby, Leicester Architect: Pick Everard, Leicester Contractor: CEL Ltd Value: £120,000 Programme: 8 Month Materials: Stonework, Slate, Timberwork The brief included the production and installation of new oak louvres to tower windows, the removal of lead parapet gutters and eave slates to the nave roof, re-ordering of […]