Category: Uncategorised

Hay Castle Gates Restored

                                                                  HM King Charles (then as Prince of Wales )  with John Best (for JN & Co) At the Official Opening of the Restored Castle in July 2022   Last year’s official...   Read More

Felix Dennis and our Part in his Furnishing

Introduced by musician, designer and photographer Peter Falkner, we began working for Felix in 1996 by panelling the walls of his office in Kingly Street, London and by the millennium we had also worked for him with Peter on the new oak study on Mustique, made at our workshop...   Read More

The John Betjeman and Civic Trust AABC Commended Awards – St Mary’s Nantwich

CHOIR STALLS AND CANOPIES AT ST MARY'S NANTWICH   Earlier this year we were commissioned (by architects Donald Insall Associates) to repair and conserve the medieval choir stalls and canopies at St Mary's Church , Nantwich. These are a national treasure;...   Read More

“Dragon Bed” Restored

The "Dragon Bed" is a misnoma as the two carved creatures which dominate the headboard have only two legs making them "Wyverns"! but to us, "Dragon Bed"has a better ring to it! The characterful late C16th, possibly Welsh or Welsh Marches headboard came from a salvage...   Read More

Edinburgh Castle

  I was astonished recently seeing a tourist flier promoting Edinburgh Castle's 'top ten highlights'. At No.3 was the Royal Palace block with a photograph entitled, 'Created in 1617 in honour of James VI'. This caption was inadvertently misleading. For me...   Read More