We have worked on a wide range of Graded listed buildings and public monuments in use as community centres, museums and galleries, tourist information points, and holiday accommodation. We make the structure of the buildings fit for use, present them in good decorative and comfortable order and make sympathetic improvements to access, fire safety and facilities. Local people are sometimes curious about the changes happening to their local landmarks and we are happy to set aside time to speak with them about the work underway in their community.
Masonry, timber and lime repairs
Ellis and Co completed a programme of structural stabilisation, repairs and restoration roofing of The Granary. This historic scheduled monument lies in the southern precinct of the remains of St Peters Benedictine Abbey at Abbotsbury.
Ellis and Co at Dunshay Manor
Dunshay Manor, is a Grade II listed building dating to the C16th with C17th additions. It is known for its role in the arts and crafts movement and was redesigned in this style in the early C20th.
Re-roofing Historic England's headquarters
The Engine House constructed in 1840 is Grade II* Listed building. Its extensive roof is constructed of Welsh slate fixed to timber battens on a plastic reinforced underlay on timber rafters with boarded ceiling finish to underside. In October 2017, damaged slates from the Engine House roof were found to be posing a...
Restore the stonework, install steel supports and lay a new roof.
A Gothic Revival Abbey built in hast by William Beckford between 1796 and 1813. The original Abbey was short lived and demolished in the late 1800s.
Grade II listed HLF funded repairs. Roofing, structural, electrical, plumbing and redecoration.
Ellis and Co were principle contractor in the repair of this manor’s historic fabric, including repairing the roofs, windows, doors, replacing electrical and plumbing, and redecorating.
Conservation and repair of the Belvedere Tower.
This elaborate 1883 Listed Grade II* French-style mansion has been the home of the RAF since 1918. In 2014 Ellis and Co competed a project to remove, restore and replace The Belvedere, a two story tower that sits proudly on the roof at the centre of the mansion.
Refurbishment of the historic Hospital of St Cross, Winchester
The medieval Hospital of St Cross was founded in the 1130’s and is considered England’s oldest and most perfect almshouse. Ellis and Co refurbished the kitchen wing to improve facilities for visitors.
Refurbishment of a Grade I Elizabethan House owned by the Field Studies Council.
Ellis and Co refurbished the interior of the property including plasterwork, joinery repairs to failing beams, doors and windows. Flooring, and electrical and plumbing installations.
Restoration of a Grade I listed 14th Century Chapel and Community Centre.
The Old Bluecoat School is an interesting Grade I listed building of mixed materials with origins in the 14th Century. National Trust note it as “One of the most important buildings in the area and of National importance”.
Ellis and Co repairs at Powderham Castle
The Belvedere was built between 1771 and 1774 in the gothic style and in the landscaped tradition of country houses.
A programme of roof repairs and installations to this Grade II civic building.
Salisbury Guildhall is a Grade II listed building managed by Salisbury Town Council. The brick and limestone building dates from 1794 with moulded features around the doors and windows and impressive porticos added between 1828 and 1889.
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.
Major conservation roofing programme for the National Trust.
Repair and redevelopment of the slate roofs, chimneys and windows of this 17thC stately home managed by the National Trust. Tredegar house is one of the finest examples of a Charles II home in the UK and has origins in the 1500s with the main building 1664 to 1672.
Conservation restoration of Grade II listed 16th properties on a National Trust Estate.
Grade II listed 16th buildings of rubble stone walls, stone slate roofs and brick stacks. Originally a town house, converted into poorhouse in the 17th and now part of the National Trusts Corfe Estate.