Ecclesiastical repairs and reordering is our speciality. Over the last 30 years we have repaired many of the finest 14th to 20th century churches in Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, and the surrounding counties.
Our joiners can restore and repair screens, pews, reredos and doors and reorder kitchen and bathroom facilities. Our masons can restore flooring, fonts, tracery, and external masonry and decorative features using conservation mortar mixes and natural stone. Our lime plasterers are skilled at repairs and conservation work. Church roof repair projects are common due to water ingress and lead thefts, and we can repair or replace a wide range of slated, tiled, flat, pitched roofs and towers, providing reinforcements as required.
All Saints Church in Wrington is a Grade I listed Church with 13th century foundations.
Over eight months Ellis and Co completed a full programme of conservation and refurbishment of the masonry and timber internal architecture. Works were specified by Benjamin Beauchamp Architects.
Re-roofing of church and masonry repairs.
St Marys Church, Batcombe is a Grade I listed church in Somerset dating to the 15th and 16th centuries. It is built of rubble, ashlar and dressed with local Doulting stone.
This octagonal Grade II listed Gothic Revival building is a rare example of a rural Georgian chapel.
Internal works including replastering, redecoration, new services and improvements.
Church re-ordering including masonry, joinery, limework flooring, new build and M&E.
Holy Trinity Church is a Grade 1 listed building with original 12th C Norman fabric and 15th C additions previously restored in the 1860’s.
Roofing, masonry repairs, glazing conservation and internal reordering.
Newport Minster is the principal church of the Isle of Wight, a Grade I listed building which serves the island community and some 30,000 visitors each year. It provides a place of quiet reflection and a demonstration of the islands heritage.
Reviving Bristol's churches. The refurbishment and modification of St Nicholas Church.
St Nicholas is a Grade II* listed church, situated on the river next to Bristol bridge. WWII bombing raids destroyed the main body of the church in 1940. It was rebuilt after the war and used as offices by Bristol City Council. In 2018 St Nicholas’ was returned to use as a place of worship. Ellis and Co were...
Ellis and Co repaired and redecorated this late 1800's Grade II listed church in Cheltenham.
The church of St Gregory the Great is a Grade II listed building consecrated in 1875 after a mid- 1800’s rebuild. Ellis and Co were commissioned as principle contractor to extensively repair and redecorate the interior of the building. Including revealing historic wall paintings.
The church of St James is a grade 1 listed Anglican Church located in the heart of Trowbridge. The conservation work at St James undertaken by the masonry team at Ellis & Co largely centred around the external elevations of the South Porch
The Architect overseeing the project was Jonathan Saunders from Caroe & Partners. Particular attention was paid to those heavily weathered elements of the masonry on the Southern Elevation of the porch, notably the stiff leaf foliage that had largely disappeared around the south entrance into the porch and the...
St Andrews Church in Blagdon, built between the 15th and 20th Centuries, is a Grade II listed building in the heart of its local community.
This programme of work aimed to equip the church for community use. It now provides a warm, catered, and comfortable environment for parishioners.
External repair - roofing, masonry and glazing.
St. Anne’s church, consecrated in 1850 was built to the design of Mr Gilbert Scott. It is one of the finest Victorian buildings in the Channel Islands and its large size has caused it to be known as the Cathedral Church of the Channel Islands. The Church building’s footprint is approximately 650square meters.
A recent lead theft from St John’s Church in Pewsey gave the church a difficult dilemma, do they replace the lead with another lead roof and fit alarms and security to help prevent further vandalism or should they rethink the roof covering and recover the aisle roof with terne coated stainless steel?
Churches are particularly vulnerable to this type of crime with lead roofs proving a desirable target for a thief, with many roofs not being visible from the ground the damage caused by a theft can remain undetected for some time and can lead to major problems with water ingress to the building. The damage and expense...
Progress in the repairs of St Johns Church, Glastonbury.
St John’s Church in Glastonbury is closed throughout 2019 for a major programme of repairs. Ellis and Co, the principle contractors, have been busily working through the programme and we are coming up to the half way point. So have we been up to since we arrived on site in January? The whole floor has...
St Mary’s Church is Grade I listed building dating from the 13th Century.
St Mary’s Church is Grade I listed building dating from the 13th C with a Victorian styled interior. Ellis and Company were principle contractor to reorder the church for contemporary use by completing a programme of structural repairs .
Refurbishment of the church at Weston Zoyland.
A programme of major repairs and reordering of this 15th century church has been completed.
The North Aisle of St Peter’s Church at Langley Burrell was originally covered in a stepped copper roof, over time the standing seams and step had started to allow water ingress. This was largely due to poor seam seals.
A new copper covering was agreed, without the need for a step midway along the roof’s length, therefore reducing the joints across the length of the roof.