BRITANNIA - Wrought ironwork conservation & restoration services

Traditional Metalwork

Decorative metalwork in Cast
iron, bronze, aluminium or wrought iron
Cast iron balustrades and cast panels
Cast iron railings and gates
Brackets, columns, canopies,
gazebos and loggias
Ridge cresting, tie-bar plates &
misc. castings

Cast iron gratings and air bricks
Bollards & sign posts

Tree grilles & bench ends

   
Staircases
Cast iron straight & radial stairs
Cast iron spiral staircases

 

Conservation & restoration services
 
Design service, pattern making
& specialised casting
 
 
Modern Street
Furniture & Lighting

Street furniture

The DAE range from Barcelona
Benches, chairs & cycle holder
Bollards
Illuminated bollards
Planters
Litter bins
Drinking Fountains
 

Street lighting

The DAE range from Barcelona
Lighting columns
Wall mounted fittings
Feature lighting
Bulkhead fittings

 

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Re-hanging the gates to the Temple Bar after restoration

Britannia employs the skills of local blacksmiths who are experienced in dealing with most aspects of hand made wrought iron including the conservation and/or restoration of true wrought iron and where necessary its replication. This coupled with the Company's capabilities with cast ironwork enables Britannia to offer a fullmetalwork restoration service.

The Company's philosophical approach to metalwork restoration is similar to the SPAB's philosophy of minimal intervention. However, where appropriate Britannia can undertake the manufacture of exact replica work.

Prominent examples of restoration contracts undertaken include the restoration of the cast and wrought ironwork on the Temple Bar gates in London (minimal intervention approach) and replacement of the fine eighteenth century railings to Shoreditch Church that were removed during the War (exact replica based on historical evidence).

Two interesting projects completed in 2006 are illustrated to the left.
The first involved the complete restoration of an ornate cast iron
bandstand dating from 1894 for the promenade at Folkestone. The structure had been
badly corroded over the years by sea spray to the point where it was dangerous. Hence whole bandstand had to be carefully taken down and re-built using a combination of the existing and new replacement castings.

The second project was the restoration of wrought and cast iron railings to replace railings removed during the War from around the base of the Holbourn Memorial. This project involved the making of new exact replica castings when the only evidence of the original design was a combination of old photos and a single Victorian drawing.

 

 

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