Shawfield Mansion Rebuild Project Updates

Sandstone Steps The sandstone front steps have been sat in their packing crates for over a year as they arrived in the same consignment as the sandstone for the ballustrading on the roof and the sandstone chimney pots. So having had a pause after the roof was completed I had got used to looking... read more

The layout of the top floor of the house, I imagine will be very close to the Shawfield Park original, whilst no drawings still remain of the original layout, because we have placed the staircase in the same place (the only place it would fit), I feel sure the original Georgian builders affected... read more

After a longer than intended pause whilst working on the Sovalli website, I have now been able to organise my time such that I will be able to spend an increasing amount of time working on the house. It has been very satisfying to see the interest that visitors to the website have taken in the... read more

Today we received from the demolition of a Victorian property a complete set of original Victorian five inch cast iron ogee guttering and rainwater goods, in excellent condition. There are 24, six foot lengths of cast iron ogee guttering along with ogee stop ends, running outlets, bends, and... read more

I had already fitted on run of downpipes whilst the scaffolding was up so I knew how heavy they were. We had copied an original Georgian design and I had had them cast at a foundry. As they had to be so precise, I had only had one set made, to see if they fitted, which they did, I now had to... read more