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News Release from: Linford Group | Subject: Stowe House restoration
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 October 2005
Linford completes Stowe House
restoration
Linford Group has completed the second phase of restoration at Grade I listed Stowe House, the famous public school in Buckinghamshire.
Linford Group has completed the GBP5.3 million second phase of restoration at Grade I listed Stowe House, the famous public school in Buckinghamshire The two-year project saw the restoration of the building's Central Pavilion, Marble Saloon, South Portico as well as general repairs to the external stonework, windows and doors
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 2 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 17 metre-high Marble Saloon is a spectacular elliptical hall inspired by the Pantheon in Rome and features a dramatic domed roof.
The plasterwork is made up of 160 separate coffers, each a different size and shape, and a carved triumphal frieze of 300 figures, including chariots, horses, angels and slaves.
The restoration project also saw one of the UK's largest single span temporary roofs erected over the Central Pavillion.
The modular cassette roof spanned a clear 40 metres, but also left the front of the building completely exposed, allowing earlier restoration work to remain completely visible.
David Linford, executive chairman at Linford Group said: "We are extremely proud to have been involved with the restoration of this beautiful building".
"The delicate plasterwork in the Marble Saloon is a stunning feature that has been carefully and painstakingly restored by our craftsmen".
Throughout the restoration project the house was occupied by Stowe School, an independent boarding school, so the construction team took all measures to ensure that the pupils were neither disturbed nor distracted by the ongoing work.
The contract to restore the 18th Century building was carried out on behalf of the Stowe House Preservation Trust with project managers Malcolm Reading Associates and has been grant aided by the Heritage Lottery Fund, English Heritage and a number of private donors.
The Stowe House Preservation Trust was established in 1997 to restore and preserve the building.
Stowe House is on English Heritage's current list of buildings at risk and on the World Monuments Fund list for the 100 most endangered sites of significance worldwide.
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