Stone Heritage
The latest news from the Stone Industry
25 February 2014 | Stone Heritage
In 50 years Bonsers has gone from window cleaner to major regional conservation contractor working on some of the most important historical buildings in the Midlands... and beyond. NSS talks to Jo...
24 February 2014 | Stone Heritage
Historic Scotland is developing a National Conservation Centre for Scotland, an ambitious project to create a national and international hub for technical conservation, research and learning to...
24 February 2014 | Stone Heritage
Following the opening of a new museum at the newly refurbished headquarters of the Commenwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) in Maidenhead on 11 December by His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent (who...
24 February 2014 | Stone Heritage
Culture Secretary Maria Miller has announced a further £5million of Government funding – on top of the £80million already committed (see NSS June issue) – ahead of English...
24 February 2014 | Stone Heritage
The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum on the South Downs of Sussex has been given £250,000 by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) / Wolfson Museums & Galleries...
24 February 2014 | Stone Heritage
Exeter Cathedral has been given planning permission by Devon County Council to remove 5m3 of stone each year for the next 10 years from Dunscombe Manor Quarry near Sidmouth.The quarry was last used...
28 January 2014 | Stone Heritage
David Francis, who writes the Grave Matters column in this magazine, has this year been involved in making safe and refixing some of the memorials in the historic London cemetery of Abney Park, Stoke...
17 December 2013 | Stone Heritage
The new visitor centre at Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain is opening on 18 December in time for the winter solstice on 21 December. Everyone involved in the £27million Stonehenge Environmental...
9 December 2013 | Stone Heritage
A replacement statue of St Peter in Lepine limestone has been carefully positioned at the top of the East Front of York Minster.The three sections of the statue were carved to dimensions taken from a...
St Mel's after the fire.
9 December 2013 | Stone Heritage
The renovation of St Mel’s Cathedral in Longford, Ireland, following a devastating fire after midnight mass on Christmas Eve 2009, has seen all of its 28 Irish Blue limestone Ionic columns...
20 November 2013 | Stone Heritage
English Heritage wants to mobilise even more volunteers to help save the nation’s built heritage. English Heritage, cash-strapped from Government cuts, announced the new crowd-sourcing...
17 September 2013 | Stone Heritage
Welsh Slate, for which UNESCO World Heritage status is already being sought, might also be designated as a Global Heritage Stone Resource along with Portland Limestone and perhaps other important...
17 September 2013 | Stone Heritage
The Government intends to establish a charity to run the historic buildings in the National Heritage Collection on a self-financing basis. It is giving English Heritage a one-off payment of £...
17 September 2013 | Stone Heritage
Passengers on Manchester’s Metrolink may be slightly disoriented next month (September) when their Bury-bound tram makes its first stop at Irish Town, writes Claire Santry.The new station, the...
15 August 2013 | Stone Heritage
Birkenhead Priory, said to be the oldest building still standing in Merseyside (it was built in about 1150) and the 42.6m tall Grade II listed St Mary’s Tower, which is all that remains of...