RESTORATIVE WORK

Laurence has a wealth of knowledge with regard to the practice of wood restoration and conservation.  This knowledge has led him to be employed in the repair of carved joinery items that would have ordinarily been discarded. These include the restoration of the Jacobean staircase at Staircase House, Stockport, the restoration of the Jacobean Staircase at the Custom House, Exeter, and the replacement of the wooden Automata at St Mary’s Steps Church, Exeter.

 EXAMPLES OF RESTORATIVE CARVING

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Replacement oak tracery panels and backboards to mediaeval screen, South Devon.

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Copy of post cap to Altar table                      

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Cleaning and repair in progress to Oak cresting

Automata in poor condition               Automata renewed and decorated

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New Limewood pieces fixed and carved

Before                        After

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Laurence Beckford is a Specialist Member of the British Antique Furniture Restorers Association, and the Master Carvers Association