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Defending our Heritage at Conway
Nothing is more formidable than the walls of Conway Castle looming large from the eastern outcrop of the bluff that dominates the town.
The castle which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has spent the last several hundred years successfully repelling visitors to the foot of its ramparts.
Today, the philosophy is quite the opposite and Grosvenor [...]
Conway
Conwy Castle, which was built in the C13th is one of Edward I’s wonders of military construction.
It is said that it took over 1500 people to build this mighty fortress which lies on the coast of North Wales.
With just a fraction of that number of people, Grosvenor’s fine craftsmen have been set the task of [...]
Bringing Denbigh back to life
One of the wonderful things about being involved with Heritage Conservation is the variety of building’s that Grosvenor gets to work with.
Denbigh is a microcosm of our work.
Whilst we have a major project which involves conservation and new-build over at the medieval castle on the hill at Denbigh, further down nestled within the tight-knit curtilage [...]
A window into our work – conserving the tracery of St Elphin’s
The grade II* listed Saint Elphin’s Church in Warrington his reputed to be the fifth highest parish church in the country. Dating from before Domesday, the church is now an organic mix of mainly C14th, C17th and C19th periods.
An extensive restoration took place in the latter half of the C19th which included the wonderful west [...]
Denbigh Castle
Denbigh Castle stands on a steep bluff overlooking the small town of Denbigh in North Wales for over 700 years.
The castle was a part of King Edward I’s ring of castles which were built to prevent the native Welsh from uprising.
The castle has survived attacks from Owain Glyndwr in 1400; the Earl of Pembroke in [...]
Faith in skills
Saint Giles Church in Wrexham is C15th Grade1 listed church which has within its grounds the gravestone of Elihu Yale, after whom Yale University, USA is named.
Grosvenor is currently involved in a large and complex scheme which involves the removal of the old vestry and the construction of a new Centre for Religious Education and [...]
Community Power
The year 1777 was a tumultuous year in terms historical significance. Over the pond, George Washington’s men were fighting for Independence, and further afield, Captain Cook had discovered Christmas island.
On a more provincial level in the beautiful village of Llanarmon near Mold in North Wales, the lime mortar pointing was probably being completed to the [...]
Mickle Trafford Barns NOT converted
Grosvenor played an important role in refreshing news over at a farm near the city of Chester.
Funded with a grant from Natural England and under the guiding hand of Donald Insalls, we refurbished a series of agricultural buildings with a view to – wait for it- re-using them as agricultural buildings!
No conversions here.
The series of [...]
