Completed Projects
Here's some of the projects that I’m proud to have played a part in over the years.
Low Mill, Farndale
Done between September 2022 and April 2023 this six month project was completed for the Lucas Estate.
The Clients brief on this farmhouse and dairy was to use a natural, hot lime based, plaster with insulating properties and to maintain the natural curves of the walls.
I designed a natural, “breathable”, hemp lime render base coat that contained quicklime, hemp shiv, pumice, horse hair and local sand.
This was laid on in multiple coats, totalling 60mm thick, with the hemp and pumice providing natural insulation. This was then finished with a lime putty based top coat to provide a smooth, paintable finish.
Project managed by Harland Builders and designed by Bramhall Blenkharn Leonard Architects.
The Lime House, Whenby
This stunning house, of straw bale construction, was featured in the Yorkshire Post as one of the largest and best examples of straw bale construction in Yorkshire.
Since it’s completion in 2018, the external lime render, on the north facing elevation, had been exposed to excessive weathering and as a result was starting to fail.
A plan to build a sacrificial stud wall in front of the north wall, lined with wood wool boards and a cement lime render, was put in place by the owner and Nigel Copsey.
The wall was built for me and lined by the joiner and in the summer of 2022 I rendered it with a cement lime render.
Stable Holme, Bilsdale
Set in the rolling green Hambleton Hills, this farmhouse was another complete renovation. This Grade II listed property required a complete renovation.
Due to it being a listed building, lime plaster was required throughout.
Keepers Cottage, Kingthorpe
Situated above Pickering, overlooking the historic steam railway that runs to Whitby.
I did the plastering on this house when it was fully renovated in 2020 and went back this year (2023) to plaster the extension.