About Us
Nicolas Boyes Stone Conservation prides itself on conducting important conservation work from initial site visit to final report, with sensitivity and imagination, on time, within budget and with good conservation rigour.
We have a broad customer base including architects, surveyors, local government, trusts and interest groups, government and charitable heritage sector agencies, property owners and manufacturers of conservation equipment.
Key consultancy services include contributing to Conservation Plans and writing tender specifications and methodologies.
Nicolas Boyes Stone Conservation is a company that specialises in the practical and consultative conservation of carved and decorative stonework, sculpture, statuary architectural decoration and historic building fabric throughout UK and Worldwide. We are experienced in the conservation of:
- Neolithic Standing Stones
- Pictish Symbol Stones
- Ecclesiastical sculpture (memorials, grave markers and effigies)
- Sculpture (historic and contemporary, private and public)
- Statuary (garden and public)
- Historic building fabric (façade, ruinous and complete)
Nicolas Boyes Stone Conservation provides conservation treatments to subjects both carved and modelled from materials such as sandstone, limestone, granite, marble, alabaster, lime plaster and terracotta.
Currently, the company works in conjunction with Lynton Lasers Ltd, manufacturers of the Phoenix Conservation Laser for the sensitive and selective removal of soiling and corrosion products.
Nicolas Boyes Stone Conservation also provides specific training courses in conservation techniques for both groups and individuals.
Professional Accreditation of Conservator-Restorers (PACR)
Professional Accreditation of Conservator-Restorers (PACR) is the professional practice assessment for conservation professionals wishing to gain accredited status.
Accredited status demonstrates that Nicolas Boyes Stone Conservation Limited is a fully-qualified and capable professional. The PACR accreditation framework applies a common standard across the profession, regardless of the route you have taken to reach a professional level of capability, your specialism, or the context in which you practice.
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Building Limes
Nicolas Boyes Stone Conservation is a member of the Building Limes Forum, a charitable organisation which works internationally to promote research and education and to encourage expertise and understanding in the use of building limes.