Southern experts scale St Paul's
Stone Technical Services has secured more work to ensure that St Paul’s Cathedral remains one of the most treasured and visited attractions in the UK.
Stone, which is now one of the UK’s leading high level maintenance and restoration companies, has been appointed by the Clerk of Works at St Paul’s to inspect the golden cross and dome, which is 365 feet off the ground and one of the largest in the world. In addition, Stone’s restoration team is carrying out the renewal of lightning protection conductors using specialist lead-burning tags to secure the new system.
And Stone’s experts will also be helping the Clerk of Works to plan for any future repairs, and therefore keep disruption to a minimum, by preparing a full digital condition report.
Stone Technical Service is one of only a handful of companies approved to work on St Paul’s Cathedral as an officially-appointed contractor responsible for all structural and high level maintenance repairs and lightning conductor installation.
The cathedral is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the UK and was built by Sir Christopher Wren between 1675 and 1710 after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London.
Stone employs a team of 27 at its headquarters in Darlington and also at offices in the City of London and Middlesex.
Its experts specialise in all aspects of high level maintenance, lightning conductor installation and steeplejack services as well as restoration and masonry refurbishment projects on churches, museums, clock towers, castles, spires and historic buildings.
Some of Stone’s high profile projects to date include work for Selfridges and Westminster Abbey in London, the University of York, Ripon Cathedral, Lincoln Castle and for organisations such as English Heritage and the National Trust as well as for well known industrial clients such as INEOS Plant Utilities and Teesside Power Station.
Managing director, Dave Stone said: “St Paul’s is an iconic part of London’s skyline and is known to millions all over the world as a stunning example of English architecture. We work closely with the Clerk of Works at St Paul’s to ensure that any repairs are completed sympathetically and with little or no disruption so that its history and beauty can still be enjoyed. It’s also vital that we plan for the future and we have dedicated experts working to preserve important artefacts. It really is an honour to be one of so few companies accredited to work on this magnificent structure.”
