Early March on the Norfolk Broads, BCS inspected the surreal remains of St. Benet’s Abbey Gatehouse. A wind pump was inserted into the remains of the Abbey Gatehouse in the second half of the C18th. Why? Well, if you go into the remains you will see that the shaft hole for the pump has been placed through the center of…
Tag: Projects
Calf of Man 2017
As long standing high-level heritage consultants to Manx Heritage we were asked to undertake a rope-access inspection of the two 1818 Stevenson lighthouses, situated on the beautiful and remote Calf of Man and report on their condition . It was an incredible opportunity to access, touch and record historic material untouched in decades. The quality of the workmanship and attention…
Rope-access conservation Cobham’s Pillar, Stowe Landscape Gardens. Summer 2018
This Summer BCS were engaged to re-limewash the 104ft Cobham pillar using rope-access. While we were there we were filmed for Channel 5’s “Secrets of the National Trust”.
Lincoln Cathedral
BCS Ltd feels privileged for every opportunity to be involved in the conservation of Britain’s heritage, the building we are proudest to be associated with is undoubtedly Lincoln Cathedral. Since 2002, BCS Ltd has been inspecting the East End, Central Tower and West Towers and Turrets of the Cathedral on a three-year rolling survey. The great West Front of Lincoln…
English Heritage
BCS Ltd is very proud to have built a long-standing relationship with English Heritage. Since 2001 we have inspected, reported on and conservatively repaired buildings at over 40 sites, many as part of an on-going annual inspection programme devised by us in conjunction with E.H. Over this period we have developed a board and deep understanding of the problems widely differing…
Magpie Mine: High Level Inspection
High Level Inspection of Magpie Mine Magpie Mine looks like a piece of Cornwall transported to the Peak District. It is the remains of a lead mine that was intermittently active between the 1840’s and the 1950’s with most of the extant remains dating from the 1860’s. Since 1962 it has been in the care of the Peak District Mines…
Scarisbrick Hall – March 2011
Scarisbrick Hall is a Grade I listed building. It is one of the finest examples of Victorian Gothic architecture in the country and was worked on by the architecht A.W.N. Pugin (who was instrumental in the design of The Houses of Parliament) and his son E.W. Pugin who was principally responsible for the tower Building Conservation Solutions worked on. It…