Just a short walk from our office in York centre is the stunning De Grey Rooms and House project.
Dating back to 1841 the building is a great example of early Victorian architecture, originally designed by architect George Townsend Andrews. The De Grey Rooms was instructed to be built by Thomas Philip de grey, who was the 2nd Earl de Grey and colonel-command of the Yorkshire Hussar Regiment.
We were appointed as Main Contractor to undertake the upgrade works and re-decoration throughout the De Grey Rooms and House, for our Client York Conservation Trust, to take up occupancy of their new city centre office.
Full M&E works are carried out, with the installation of new data, lighting, fire and security alarms.
Traditional methods were used by our skilled craftsmen, with the use of oak riven laths and lime plaster to repair water damaged areas within the building.
Use of Sepiolite Poultice was applied to the lower levels of the building, prior to re-plastering and decoration.
Our In-house joiners carried out the delicate task of refurbishing over 40 sash and Yorkshire Sliding windows, including splice and resin repairs, and re-weighting.
Externally the building received a full Doff clean, with the existing Newey clock getting a new coat of paint as part of the finishing works.
