Welcome to Dorothea Restorations, the home of industrial and architectural metalwork
We provide a range of specialist metalwork services to a diverse client base, including architects, heritage bodies such as the National Trust and English Heritage, local authorities, museums, building contractors and private individuals.
For anyone involved in the care and maintenance of architectural metalwork, historic structures or industrial heritage, we deliver a unique and comprehensive range of conservation, repair and restoration services.
We apply the same traditional skills and craft to the creation of new-build architectural metalwork, including the reproduction of missing elements in historic settings.
Our craftsmen work with a wide range of materials including genuine wrought iron (‘puddled’), cast iron, steel, copper and copper alloys (brass and bronze), tin, zinc, lead and gilded / decorative finishes, as well as associated masonry, carpentry, joinery and glazing.
Our work can be found anywhere that demands the very highest standards
of craftsmanship: from architectural features (such as gates and railings, windows, verandahs and canopies, roof lights and domes, balustrades,
staircases and balconies) through to complete architectural and
engineering structures (including iron bridges, conservatories and
glasshouses, windmills, watermills, bandstands, and fountains).
Our aim is to provide:
Ethical Conservation, Please read our conservation Policy.
Original ideas and robust engineering where supplying new mechanical devices.
Experience. The Directors jointly have 40 years practical experience on a diverse range of historic machines and architectural / structural metalwork.
Viable contracts, fixed-price where possible, with areas of uncertainty identified in advance as far as practical.
Periodic reporting of expenditure relative to budget.
Personal service. We supervise or carry out each project personally, focusing on the details, and providing "instant action" emergency breakdown service if necessary.
Ongoing support, operator training, written guidelines, condition/safety surveys, planned maintenance, emergency call-out.
We apply the same traditional skills and craft to the creation of new-build architectural metalwork, including the reproduction of missing elements in historic settings.
Our craftsmen work with a wide range of materials including genuine wrought iron (‘puddled’), cast iron, steel, copper and copper alloys (brass and bronze), tin, zinc, lead and gilded / decorative finishes, as well as associated masonry, carpentry, joinery and glazing.
Our work can be found anywhere that demands the very highest standards
of craftsmanship: from architectural features (such as gates and railings, windows, verandahs and canopies, roof lights and domes, balustrades,
staircases and balconies) through to complete architectural and
engineering structures (including iron bridges, conservatories and
glasshouses, windmills, watermills, bandstands, and fountains).
Our aim is to provide:
Ethical Conservation, Please read our conservation Policy.
Original ideas and robust engineering where supplying new mechanical devices.
Experience. The Directors jointly have 40 years practical experience on a diverse range of historic machines and architectural / structural metalwork.
Viable contracts, fixed-price where possible, with areas of uncertainty identified in advance as far as practical.
Periodic reporting of expenditure relative to budget.
Personal service. We supervise or carry out each project personally, focusing on the details, and providing "instant action" emergency breakdown service if necessary.
Ongoing support, operator training, written guidelines, condition/safety surveys, planned maintenance, emergency call-out.