Est. ManchesterSpecialist conservation contractors
Time-served masons for the North’s finest listed buildings.
We repair, adapt and bring back into use Grade I and II listed cathedrals, churches and country houses, with our own masons, carpenters, leadworkers and lime plasterers.
years of prestigious work on listed buildings
projects on Grade I listed buildings, shown here
of conservation work across the 29 projects shown here
RICS Award, Best Conservation Project in the UK
Pl. — A new hardwood lantern for Our Lady’s, Prestwich, on the bench in our joiners’ shop.
§ 01Who we are
Two stonemasons, one in-house team, decades of trust.
Adrian and Marcus Walker are both time-served stonemasons. Over the years they have built lasting relationships with many of the leading conservation architects and surveyors, and an in-house team of masons, carpenters, leadworkers, lime plasterers and pointers.
We train apprentices, because the quality of the work depends on the people doing it. A trusted network of specialist subcontractors, built up over thirty years, fills in the rest.
- Stonemasons
- Carpenters & joiners
- Leadworkers
- Lime plasterers
- Pointers
- Apprentices
§ 02On site now
Current projects
Seven live contracts across Staffordshire, Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester.
All projects
Pl. 01On siteTixall Gatehouse
£900k · 60 weeks
Pl. 02On siteSt Laurence's Church, Chorley
£444k · 28 weeks
Pl. 03On sitePleasington Priory — Nave Roof
£358k · 30 weeks
Pl. 04On siteRed Beech Farmhouse
£225k · 24 weeks
Pl. 05On siteLiverpool Cathedral — Heat Pump
£116k · 10 weeks
Pl. 06On siteWardley Hall
£150k · 18 weeks
Pl. 07On siteOur Lady's, Prestwich
£205k · 20 weeks
§ 03What we do
Six disciplines, one contractor.
Most heritage contractors subcontract the crafts. We employ them, so the people who price the work are the people who carry it out.
Stonemasonry & repair
Our founding trade
02Roofing & leadwork
Keeping the weather out
03Lime plaster & mortars
Letting old walls breathe
04Heritage joinery
Made in our own shop
05Low-carbon heritage retrofit
Warm, dry and still listed
06Main contracting & funded projects
One accountable contractor
§ 04Where we work
A map of the work.
From the North Pennines to Shropshire. Tap a pin, or pick a project from the list.
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Case studyShortlisted · Heritage & Leisure
Nenthead Chapel
We took over this Heritage Lottery funded project after the original main contractor went into administration six months in. We delivered it on programme and within budget, and turned a redundant Wesleyan chapel in the North Pennines into an arts and visitor centre.
- Architect
- John Coward Architects
- Funded by
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- Contract
- £949,508
- Period
- 35 weeks
I have had 26 years working in/on historically significant churches and have yet to find better collaborators than the Walker brothers and their team.
At the outset of the project Adrian Walker said that he wanted us to be happy with the finished job, that they would keep their promises and that we would not fall out. He was right on all the counts!
§ 05Trusted by
Clients & the architects we build for.
Clients & funders
- Landmark Trust
- National Trust
- Diocese of Salford
- Liverpool Cathedral
- Bromley-Davenport family
- Frodsham Town Council
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- War Memorials Trust
Architects & surveyors
- John Coward Architects
- Crosby Granger Architects
- Donald Insall Architects
- Fisher German
- Graham Holland Associates
- Arrol & Snell
- Wiles & Maguire
- Roberts & Stone
- JAL Built Environment
- Evans Building Consultancy