Victorian Coving
By Chris Jones in Read more about Decorative Plaster on Sunday, August 7, 2011
We are often asked if we have Victorian Coving by customers restoring Victorian houses, with coving as in many other areas the Victorians adopted a wide range of other styles and incorporated them into their buildings. Victorian Coving was mass produced and arrived on site in standard... read more
Sandstone steps - Installing the front steps
By Chris Jones in Shawfield Mansion Rebuild Updates on Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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
An introduction to decorative plaster mouldings
By Chris Jones in Read more about Decorative Plaster on Tuesday, August 2, 2011
I and then the company originally became involved with handmade plaster when I could not believe the price I was quoted for a bespoke plaster coving, I had been quoted over £40 a linear meter plus the cost of the mould for a coving that we now sell for £8.50 per meter. Prior to that I had... read more
Top Floor layout
By Chris Jones in Shawfield Mansion Rebuild Updates on Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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
Work Resumes 2011
By Chris Jones in Shawfield Mansion Rebuild Updates on Wednesday, February 9, 2011
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
