Gates & 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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Cairo Street Unitarian Chapel, Warrington
The restoration of wrought iron gates at an historic chapel building...
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Chirk Castle
Complex repairs to the magnificent iron gates at a 700 year old marcher fortress, the last of Edward I's Welsh castles still lived in today...
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John Rylands Library, Manchester
Architectural metalwork as part of a massive restoration and renewal project...
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Quakers Friars, Bristol
Extensive restoration and new-build architectural metalwork as part of the massive Cabot Circus regeneration project in Bristol...
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St Chad’s Church, Holt, near Wrexham
The repair of cast iron entrance gates and side panelse...
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St Martins-in-the-Field
Dorothea craftsmen have helped bring a new lease of life to the metalwork in and around one of London’s most iconic buildings – St Martin-in-the-Fields...
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Victoria Baths, Manchester
External repair work on the first winner of BBC2s Restoration programme...
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Glazed Structure, Windows & Features
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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Camellia House
One of Britain’s oldest iron structures, the Grade II* listed Camellia House in Nottingham...
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Chester Town Hall
Repairs to windows, ridge cresting and finials on a Gothic-style town hall building...
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Pavilion Gardens Conservatory, Buxton
Restoration and emergency repairs to a major glazed structure in Buxton, Derbyshire...
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Quakers Friars, Bristol
Extensive restoration and new-build architectural metalwork as part of the massive Cabot Circus regeneration project in Bristol...
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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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St Alkmunds Church
Dorothea Restorations repaired and re-glazed a series of three...
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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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Victoria Park Hotel, Barrow-in-Furnace
Repairs to a glazed iron canopy following damage by a lorry....
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Sculptures & Fountains
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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Hippodrome, London
Refurbishment of a roof-top statue in the heart of London...
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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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'Splash' by Sarah Tombs
A modern steel sculpture by the well known artist, Sarah Tombs...
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St Nicholas Fountain, Bristol
The restoration of a small wall-mounted cast iron fountain in Bristol...
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Staircases, Balconies & 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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Sefton Park Bandstand, Liverpool
The complete dismantling, restoration and reassembly of a prominent bandstand...
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Windmills & 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
Bishop’s Palace, Wells, Somerset
The restoration of an original iron waterwheel and pumping mechanism...
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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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River Don Pumping Engine
The refurbishment of a masive pumping engine from Sheffield’s Don Valley...
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Royal Theatre, Drury Lane
The restoration of a unique piece of theatrical history in London's West End...
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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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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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Holy Name Church, Manchester
Repairs to wrought iron cresting on the roof of one of Manchester’s best-known churches...
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Old Admiralty Building, Pall Mall
The restoration of a number of ornate copper finials on top of the Old Admiralty Building in London...
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Sebastopol Cannon, Maidstone
A cast iron cannon, captured by the British during the Crimean War, repaired and restored by Dorothea...
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UWE Glenside, Bristol
The Glenside Campus in Bristol is based in the old 19th century asylum buildings, and the clock tower is a central feature...
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