Welcome to Recclesia

Recclesia is a multi-disciplined historic building conservation specialist and consultancy with recognised in-house skills and expertise in masonry conservation, stained glass conservation, and metalwork conservation.

Our highly skilled, experienced, and qualified team specialises in the conservation and repair of historic and listed buildings, churches, ancient sites and ruins. Acting as Principal Contractor or as a specialist sub-contractor, Recclesia works across the UK and internationally on specialist projects with leading conservation architects, conservation organisations, leading contractors, museums, and historic building owners.

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Our particular collection of in house skills make us a unique company in the UK. Our collaborative and holistic approach to conservation leads to creativity and innovation between key conservation disciplines.

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Jamie Moore | Managing Director

  • MSc Historic Building Conservation
  • BA (Hons) History
  • NVQ Level 6 Conservation Site Management

What We Do

Building Conservation

Principle contractor or specialist subcontractor for conservation projects
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Heritage Consultancy

Heritage consultancy, surveys, condition reports, and materials analysis
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Historic Metalwork

Historic architectural metalwork conservation, and repair
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Masonry Conservation

Conservation and repair of historic stonework and lime mortars
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Stained Glass

Stained glass conservation, protection, commissions, and consultancy
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Our Work

Chester Rows HAZ

In 2021 Recclesia was commissioned to undertake pre-contract survey work to the world famous historic Rows in Chester alongside Donald Insall Associates and Ramboll, for Cheshire West and Chester...
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Manchester Town Hall

Recclesia began stained glass conservation work at Manchester Town Hall in June 2021, having been commissioned to undertake work to the Great Hall and Staircases for Lend Lease and Manchester City...
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Beaumaris Castle Visitor Centre

Built between 1295 and 1330, Beaumaris Castle is one of the finest examples of C14 military architecture in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Recclesia was commissioned by Cadw to undertake...
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Porth Mawr Caernarfon

Wales is blessed with a landscape rich in ancient monuments and historic sites. Caernarfon’s East Gate, Porth Mawr, is a significant part of this rich tapestry. It stands as a captivating reminder...
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Witley Court

Recclesia has completed several phases of work at Witley Court for English Heritage. Here our Heritage Consultant Lee Bilson takes a look at what craftsmanship means to Recclesia and how it is...
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Castell Dinas Bran

The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Recclesia was commissioned to carry out highly technical structural consolidation works to a section of the...
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Rhuddlan Castle

The impressive Rhuddlan Castle stands as a dominant, yet ruinous, feature alongside a once strategic crossing point of the river Clwyd in Denbighshire, North Wales. Throughout the 12th and 13th...
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St Mary's Church, Nantwich

At the heart of the historic market town of Nantwich, Cheshire, St Mary’s Church has stood as a beacon for over 800 years. Since its principal construction, between 1280 and 1390, the Grade I...
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The Clive Engine House

The Clive Engine House is one of only a few remaining buildings of its kind in Wales, constructed in 1862 to house a powerful 100-inch diameter cylinder engine, capable of pumping 2000 gallons of...
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If you caught our stories about being soaked to the skin this week, here’s why! We’re starting work to repair and conserve three fab little structures on South Stack, #Anglesey with @ramboll_uk. . Twr Elin is a cliff-top folly built as a summer home for the Stanley family in around 1820, but is today the home of @rspbcymru on the island. . Ffynnon Y Wrach is a very unusual structure, built in the 1860s over the site of a centuries-old spring, named after both witches and fairies, as part of efforts to bring drinking water into Holyhead. . South Stack Lookout is of unknown date, and sits perched on the cliffs overlooking the Lighthouse that warns ships and sailors away from the treacherous stretch of water into Holyhead Port. It was used as a coastguard and later a wartime lookout point. . #NorthWales #gogleddcymru #heritage #Anglesey #southstack #lighthouse #coast #rspb #conservation #oldbuildings #history
We’ve had some fab feedback on the repair and restoration of the clock faces at #Bangor Cathedral as part of our current project to the West and Central Towers with @esgobaethbangor and @insallarch . #Masonry repair and repointing is underway and with the slate faces repaired, painting and gilding by #BrianTheBrush has transformed the North and South clocks. . The regilded hands were refitted on to both faces yesterday and look fantastic! . #NorthWales #gogleddcymru #conservation #history #heritage #bangorcathedral #skills
The gargantuan structural scaffolding is nearing completion at #Northwich Library, as we start the painstaking process of needling through the west elevation to relieve the failing structure. Little by little we’re coaxing this lovely old thing back from the brink. . . #conservation #oldbuildings #cheshire #history #heritage #structure #architecture #books #library #skills
Over the years our masonry and glass teams have carried out various works to Bangor Cathedral. Our latest phase includes much needed repointing works to parts of the facade. The building visitors see today is the result of extensive work by George Gilbert Scott in the 19th Century. While Scott’s design originally called for a high central tower and spire, this was never completed as cracks appeared which were thought to indicate issues with the foundations. Thus the tower was left as a low structure. Our teams have been repointing various parts of the Cathedral, while carrying out repairs to the clock faces, and a range metalwork of the cathedral. #buildingconservation #buildinghistory #welshheritage #visitwales #bangorcathedral #cathedral #masonryconservation #conservation #builtheritage #northwales
Hello #Northwich! This handsome 1909 #Library building, listed Grade II, was closed after serious structural issues were found to the timber frame. Today we have mobilised to site to stabilise the frame, the first essential step in rehabilitating the building. . #conservation #oldbuildings #Cheshire #picoftheday #buildingconservation #timber #history #heritage #skills