Gates and Railings
British Museum Gates and Railings
This 10-month restoration project, featured on BBC2’s series The Museum, saw the 20 tonne iron gates at London’s British Museum...
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Belton House, Grantham
Dorothea Restorations was commissioned to carry out work to the Lion Gateway and the West Courtyard railings at this historic house...
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Glazed Structure, Windows and Features
Camellia House
One of Britain’s oldest iron structures, the Grade II* listed Camellia House in Nottingham...
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St Alkmunds Church
Dorothea Restorations repaired and re-glazed a series of three...
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Australia House
Inside London’s Australian High Commission building is a curving staircase, featuring on each level concave and arch-topped windows...
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Tipton Fountain
Also known as the Saracen Foundry, Macfarlane's was the most important manufacturer of ornamental ironwork in Scotland...
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Sculptures and Fountains
'Splash' by Sarah Tombs
A modern steel sculpture by the well known artist, Sarah Tombs...
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Aberdare Fountain
The Dorothea team was called in when the fountain in Aberdare Park ...
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Denbigh Memorial Park Fountain
The fountain in Denbigh Memorial Park was restored to full working...
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Kings Cross Dome
As part of the Regent Quarter regeneration project in London’s Kings Cross, Dorothea Restorations was asked to repair and rebuild...
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Staircases, Balconies and Balustrades
Greenfield Place, Weston Super Mare
This Victorian terraced houses with a slate balcony at first floor level
and cast iron balustrading...
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Lord Mayor’s Mansion House, Bristol
Dorothea Restorations was selected by Bristol City Council to restore...
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Iron Bridges
Iron Bridge, Hewell Grange
Hewell Grange near Redditch was once a grand country house, today used as part of a larger prison site...
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Clifton Suspension Bridge
Brunel’s famous wrought iron bridge spans 210m and was completed
in 1864...
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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
The aqueduct was constructed by Thomas Telford to carry the Llangollen canal...
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Iron Structures
Congleton Bandstand
Dorothea Restorations repaired and re-glazed a series of three surviving Coalbrookdale Company cast iron windows,,.
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Knightshayes Court, Devon
This outstanding Victorian country house, owned by the National Trust, was designed by the eccentric William Burges...
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Roundhouse, Derby
A major restoration project at Derby’s historic roundhouse will see more than 240 windows being restored by Dorothea Restorations...
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Miscellany
Grasshopper
The Royal Exchange was founded in 1565 by Sir Thomas Gresham,
and the weathervane at the top, a large gilded copper grasshopper...
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Windmills and Watermills
Lady Isabella Waterwheel
Following an initial feasibility study on this waterwheel in Laxley,
Isle-of-Man, we designed, constructed...
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Trefor Mill
This was a complicated project to reinforce the original timber waterwheel shaft.
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Industrial Machinery
Tin Turtle
This high profile television project saw Dorothea Restorations carry out the complete restoration of a WWI motor rail locomotive...
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Bristol Triple Expansion Engine
Parts of a Hathorn Davey Triple Expansion engine were acquired by Wessex Water for display at their museum in Sutton...
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Caphouse Colliery, National Coalmining Museum
Working for the National Coalmining Museum on an exhibition called ‘Cutting Edge’, Dorothea Restoration’s team at Whaley Bridge...
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